continental shelf
n.
A submerged border of a continent that slopes gradually and extends to a point of steeper descent to the ocean bottom.
continental shelf- pointedness
- pointer
- pointe shoe
- point guard
- pointillism
- pointillist
- pointillistic
- pointing device
- point lace
- pointless
- pointlessly
- pointlessness
- point man
- point mutation
- point of honor
- point of no return
- point of order
- point of sale
- point-of-sale
- point-of-service
- point of service
- point of view
- point-shaving
- point source
- point spread