Meanings
nounoceanic trench (plural oceanic trenches)
plural oceanic trenches
- geographyA hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depression of the seabed.
Translations
Catalan fossa marina, fossa oceànica
- fossa marinadepression of the sea floor
- fossa oceànicadepression of the sea floor
Chinese Mandarin 海溝 /海沟
- 海溝 /海沟 (hǎigōu)depression of the sea floor
Czech podmořský příkop
- podmořský příkopdepression of the sea floor
Finnish syvänmeren hauta
- syvänmeren hautadepression of the sea floor
German Tiefseerinne
- Tiefseerinnedepression of the sea floor
Japanese 海溝
- 海溝 (kaikō)depression of the sea floor
Korean 해구
- 해구 (haegu)depression of the sea floor
Norwegian Bokmål dyphavsgrop
- dyphavsgropdepression of the sea floor
Russian глубоково́дный жёлоб, океани́ческий жёлоб
- глубоково́дный жёлоб (glubokovódnyj žólob)depression of the sea floor
- океани́ческий жёлоб (okeaníčeskij žólob)depression of the sea floor
Cite this entry
APA
oceanic trench. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oceanic%20trench
MLA
“oceanic trench.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oceanic%20trench. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oceanic trench,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oceanic%20trench.
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