widewater
nounUK /ˈwaɪdˌwɔːtə/
US /ˈwaɪdˌwɔːtər/
A widewater is a big, broad area of water like a wide river or lake.
The boat sailed slowly across the widewater at sunset.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A place where a river becomes wide and slow before joining the sea.
We fished in the widewater near the river mouth.
3. A wide part of a canal or waterway where boats can pass or turn.
The narrowboat waited in the widewater for another boat to pass.
4. Any large, calm stretch of water used for boating or swimming.
Children swam in the widewater on hot summer days.