Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deep-water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables: deep--wa-ter
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a great depth of water.

adj

Carried out at great depth.

adj

Located in or near deep ocean waters.

adj

Living at a great depth underwater.

Example Sentences

"a deep-water harbour"
"It is intended to develop San Lourenzo^([sic]) into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach."
"The route was opened in stages between 1846-57, to link mineral industries in the area to a deep-water port at Barrow [-in-Furness] and to the rest of the national network."
"deep-water drilling"
"a deep-water port"

Inflected Forms

deepwater (alternative)

Phrases

deepwater big-eyed worm eel deepwater cardinalfish deepwater prawn blue-water navy deep water

Frequently Paired Words

blue-water navy deep water

Questions

What does deep-water mean?: Having a great depth of water.

How to pronounce deep-water

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