ebbtide

Definitions of ebbtide
  1. noun
    the tide while water is flowing out
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    antonyms:
    flood tide
    the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
    type of:
    tide
    the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
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