seiche

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, or other confined body of water such as a fjord, characteristic of its geometry.

Similar words

wave shoaling sandwave shoaling wave sand wave swell lake effect sand boil s wave sweep seascape

Often followed by

in is of period and with activity modes wave

Word family

seiches