high-water

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adjective

high-wa·ter ˈhī-ˌwȯ-tər

-ˌwä-

: unusually short

high-water pants

high water

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noun

: a high stage of the water in a river or lake

also : high tide sense 1

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Adjective

Sadly, this movie also serves as a high-water mark for a very mixed franchise: Hannibal (2001), Red Dragon (2002), and Hannibal Rising (2007) gave us increasingly diminished returns for the onscreen adventures of Hannibal Lecter. —

EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS Another satellite image shows destruction in Clearwater, near Tampa and St. Petersburg, where first responders used high-water vehicles and boats to rescue families who were trapped inside of a local apartment complex. —

Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024

Noun

Meats that have a high water content are likely going to be more prone to consistency changes when thawed, Kramer notes. —

Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 One database, which tracks incidents of terrorism across the globe, shows that the 1970s were a high water mark for political violence in the U.S. —

Odette Yousef, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high-water