a table showing the height of the tide at different times of day over a period at a particular place
tide table in American English
noun
a table listing the predicted times and heights of the tides for specific dates and places
Word origin
[1585–95]This word is first recorded in the period 1585–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: keyhole, naturalize, puzzle, scuff, titular
Examples of 'tide table' in a sentence
tide table
I duly consult the tide table.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Anyone who has ever waited, tide table in hand, while the turn of the tide grows ever more delayed will have experienced this for themselves.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
Come what may, wait for no one now, all aboard for loss and gain, whatever the hour day or night, tide-table pinned to the sleeve.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Consult local tide tables to plan the best time for a visit.
Smithsonian (2010)
At the beginning, she is interested in wind direction and tide tables.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Next week: the joys of tide tables, logarithms and batting averages.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Check the local tide tables before setting off.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Online tide tables said that there would be high tides, midweek, in the small hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The trick is to check the tide tables before you go, so you can scramble down and walk along the beach itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It provided the length of the private dock, for speedboats, and the size of the jetty, and tide tables for arrivals by motor yacht.