MEANING
A pool of seawater left in a hollow on the shore when the tide goes out.
Use it for
describing miniature shore habitats at low tide; naming water trapped among coastal rocks; showing marine animals exposed between tidesNames seawater left in a coastal hollow at low tide and its small exposed marine habitat. Writing functions: Intertidal rock-pool habitat.
Words that belong together
- explore a tidepool
- a shallow tidepool
- tidepool inhabitants
On the page
A tiny crab vanished beneath a ledge in the tidepool.
The returning tide would soon cover every tidepool on the reef.
Word forms
- Base
- tidepool
Usage notes
Countable noun: tidepool, tidepools. Also tide pool; British English commonly rock pool. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common, especially in North American usage (dictionary-informed qualitative editorial estimate; not a measured frequency).
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