HIGH-WATER MARK


Meaning of HIGH-WATER MARK in English

/huy"waw"teuhr, -wot"euhr/

1. a mark showing the highest level reached by a body of water.

2. the highest point of anything; acme: Her speech was the high-water mark of the conference.

[ 1545-55 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .