tidemark
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tide·mark
(tīd′märk′)n.
1. A line or mark on a shore indicating the highest or lowest level reached by the tide.
2. A trace or indication of past activity: "Just along the highway into town is the last tidemark of the Nazi advance, a brutal tangle of brown sculpture" (Regina Nadelson).
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tidemark
(ˈtaɪdˌmɑːk)n
1. (Physical Geography) a mark left by the highest or lowest point of a tide
2. (Physical Geography) a marker indicating the highest or lowest point reached by a tide
3. chiefly Brit a mark showing a level reached by a liquid: a tidemark on the bath.
4. informal chiefly Brit a dirty mark on the skin, indicating the extent to which someone has washed
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tide•mark
(ˈtaɪdˌmɑrk)n.
1. the point reached or risen above: the tidemark of our prosperity.
2. a mark left by the highest or lowest point of a tide.
3. a mark indicating such a point.
[1790–1800]
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Noun | 1. | tidemark - indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides indicator - a device for showing the operating condition of some system |
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tidemark
[ˈtaɪdmɑːk] N1. (= tideline) → línea f de la marea alta
2. (hum) (in bath, on neck) → cerco m (de suciedad)
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