High-water Mark (Noun)
Meaning
A line marking the highest level reached.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The tsunami wave crashed onto the shore and left a noticeable high-water mark on the walls of the beachside houses.
- A plaque was erected at the river's high-water mark of the historic flood of 1969 as a warning and reminder.
- During low tide, a large piece of seaweed indicated the ocean's recent high-water mark along the coastline.
- Archaeologists studying ancient coastal cities would look for evidence of previous sea levels at the high-water marks carved into rock.
- Tourists wandering through Venice take care to watch out for hidden uneven walkways created where foundations stretch down to beneath ancient floodwaters high-water marks.