tidal wavenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtaɪ.dəl ˌweɪv/us/ˈtaɪ.dəl ˌweɪv/tidal wave noun [ C ] (SEA)
an extremely large wave caused by movement of the earth under the sea, often caused by an earthquake (= a shaking of the earth)
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tsunami
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Waves
- break
- breaker
- choppy
- crest
- dumper
- heavy
- lap
- overfall
- ripple
- roller
- rough
- spume
- standing wave
- swell
- tsunami
- wake
- wave
- white horses
- whitecaps
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tidal wave noun [ C ] (LARGE NUMBER)
a sudden large number of things:
a tidal wave of complaints
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
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