Meaning & use

tide pool

noun·Academic

A shallow pool of seawater left among rocks along the shore when the tide goes out.

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The children found a starfish and tiny crabs in the tide pool.

At low tide, the rocky coast was dotted with tide pools full of anemones.

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Common in marine biology and coastal nature writing; often spelled as one word or two.

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