Definition of Deep-water

1. Adjective. Of or carried on in waters of great depth. "A deep-water port"

Similar to: Deep

Definition of Deep-water

1. Adjective. Having a great depth of water ¹

2. Adjective. Carried out at great depth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deep-water

deep-mined
deep-rooted
deep-sea
deep-sea diver
deep-sea prawn
deep-sea prawns
deep-seated
deep-set
deep-six
deep-sixed
deep-sixes
deep-sixing
deep-sleep
deep-throat
deep-vein thrombosis
deep-water (current term)
deep abdominal reflexes
deep artery of thigh
deep artery of tongue
deep auricular artery
deep bite
deep blue
deep blue sea
deep brachial artery
deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve
deep branch of the medial femoral circumflex artery
deep branch of the medial plantar artery

Literary usage of Deep-water

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Virginia Geological Survey, Virginia Division of Geology (1913)
"So while the ground water flows down a valley, the deep water may move in a direction at right angles to the valley's trend. The deep circulation may extend ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1873)
"... Society of Edinburgh, in December and April last, on the deep-water temperature of Loch Lomond, from observations made by him with ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The common notion that limestone is normally a deep-water formation is a serious error. ... Within the areas of deep water they are free and at the surface, ..."

4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"Within the areas of deep water they are free and at the surface, and their remains drop to the bottom, if not sooner dissolved. ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"... which are in turn underlaid and overlaid by the true deep water marine beds DD, and the time interval during which the single fresh water formation ..."

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