ebbSee also: -ebb ebbe enPR: ĕb, IPA(key): /ɛb/ Rhymes: -ɛb From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā
low tideplace. Coordinate terms: high tide, flood tide, ebb tide The time of day when the sea has receded to its lowest level. the tide at its lowest level the time