Meanings
alternative deepwater
- Having a great depth of water.
a deep-water harbour
2 more examples
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.
1957 December 28, J. G. Alderson, “By Rail Through the Andes in Ecuador”, in Railway Magazine, page 837The 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.
2021 October 20, “News in pictures”, in RAIL, number 942, page 31, photo caption - Carried out at great depth.
deep-water drilling
- Located in or near deep ocean waters.
a deep-water port
- Living at a great depth underwater.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or carried on in waters of great depth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 深水的, 深水的
- 深水的 (shēnshuǐ de)having a great depth of water
- 深水的 (shēnshuǐ de)carried out at great depth
- 深水的 (shēnshuǐ de)located in or near deep water
Finnish syvä-, syvän veden
- syvä-having a great depth of water
- syvän vedencarried out at great depth
- syvän vedenlocated in or near deep water
Polish głębokowodny, głębokowodny
- głębokowodnyhaving a great depth of water
- głębokowodnycarried out at great depth
- głębokowodnylocated in or near deep water
Cite this entry
deep-water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep-water
“deep-water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep-water. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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