Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for tidal pool

tidal pool

noun

  1. a pool of water remaining on a reef, shore platform, or beach after the tide has receded.


tidal pool

  1. A pool of water remaining after a tide has retreated. The physical conditions of the tidal pool can change significantly throughout the day as the temperature of its water fluctuates with solar heating and its salinity increases with evaporation. As a result, tidal pools are harsh environments for the organisms that inhabit them.
  2. Also called tide pool
Discover More

Example Sentences

The architect Henry N. Cobb worked with the landscape designer Walter Hood and the exhibitions designer Ralph Applebaum to fill the 100,000-square-foot space with nine galleries; a genealogy center for visitors researching their own ancestries; and a memorial garden with a tidal pool.

A black sponge that encrusts tidal pool rocks in southern Japan, Halichondria okadai, produced a drug, now marketed as Halaven, to treat late-stage breast cancer.

Jay was in front, running up to the tidal pool, with Doc close behind holding a big jar close to his chest.

A flash of something caught my eye and I looked right, to an area within the thick rushes of the marsh where a tidal pool of water had gathered.

My gasp was cut off quick as I was yanked forward into the tidal pool of standing marsh water.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


tidal lighttidal power