underwateradjective, adverb
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈwɔː.tər/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/B2 under the surface of the water, especially under the surface of the sea:
an underwater camera (= a camera that you can use underwater)
Some species of turtle can remain underwater for 24 hours.
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Seas & oceans
- Aegean
- briny
- deep
- deep-sea
- English Channel
- guyot
- la Niña
- marine
- med
- mid-ocean ridge
- ocean
- oceanic
- oceanography
- salt water
- territorial sea
- the doldrums
- the high seas
- the Irish Sea
- the Southern Ocean
- undersea
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