Usually means: River wave caused by tides.
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  1. tidal bore: Merriam-Webster
  2. tidal bore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tidal bore: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tidal bore: Vocabulary.com
  5. tidal bore: Wiktionary
  6. tidal bore: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. tidal bore: Dictionary.com
  8. Tidal bore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. tidal bore: Rhymezone
  10. tidal bore: FreeDictionary.org
  11. tidal bore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. tidal bore: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tidal bore: Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tidal bore)

▸ noun:  A wave, in the form of a wall of water, formed by an incoming tide funnelling into an estuary.

Similar:
eagre, bore, eager, Aegir, tidal wave, tidal stream, tidal river, ebb and flow, tidewater, tidefall, more...

Opposite:
ebb tide, low tide, slack tide

Types:
eagre, rogue wave, tsunami, seiche, more...

Phrases:
a tidal bore, more...

Adjectives:
aeger, neap, out, tided, ebb, watershed, distributary, sounding, ripe, in, riverain

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Similar:
eagre, bore, eager, Aegir, tidal wave, tidal stream, tidal river, ebb and flow, tidewater, tidefall, more...

Opposite:
ebb tide, low tide, slack tide

Types:
eagre, rogue wave, tsunami, seiche, more...

Phrases:
a tidal bore, more...

Adjectives:
aeger, neap, out, tided, ebb, watershed, distributary, sounding, ripe, in, riverain



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