Wondering how to use Tailwater in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Tailwater meaning
The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
Using Tailwater
- The main meaning on this page is: The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
- In the example corpus, tailwater often appears in combinations such as: tailwater stage, the tailwater, tailwater stages.
Context around Tailwater
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tailwater
- In this selection, "tailwater" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stage, stages and areas stand out and add context to how "tailwater" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include tailwater stage is and tailwater stages have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tailwater" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tailwater
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some are also being caught off the rocks in the tailwater. (11 words)
Some bass are coming out the tailwater areas with anglers using spinners. (12 words)
Tailwater stage at Lock and Dam 15 in Davenport is 10 feet. (12 words)
The tailwater is mostly free of ice, but boat ramps are iced in. – Good: It takes some work to get into the tailwaters, but they are mostly open and can be fished. (32 words)
Tailwater stages have risen close to a foot with the recent heavy rains, but is forecast to start falling by the weekend. (22 words)
Tailwater stage is 9.59 feet at Lock and Dam 17 above New Boston and is falling. (17 words)
Example sentences (11)
Some are also being caught off the rocks in the tailwater.
Tailwater stage is 10.49 feet at Lock and Dam 17 at New Boston.
The tailwater is mostly free of ice, but boat ramps are iced in. – Good: It takes some work to get into the tailwaters, but they are mostly open and can be fished.
Some bass are coming out the tailwater areas with anglers using spinners.
Tailwater stage at Lock and Dam 15 in Davenport is 10 feet.
Tailwater stage is 10.68 feet at Lock and Dam 18; flood stage is 10 feet.
Tailwater stage is 11.02 feet at Lock and Dam 18 above Burlington and is falling.
Tailwater stage is 9.59 feet at Lock and Dam 17 above New Boston and is falling.
Tailwater stages have risen 2-3 feet since last week due to recent rains.
Tailwater stages have risen close to a foot with the recent heavy rains, but is forecast to start falling by the weekend.
We have not received any tailwater fishing reports for walleyes and saugers.
Common combinations with tailwater
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: