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fathom meaning in Bengali

গভীরতা পরিমাপ করা

UK/ˈfað(ə)m//ˈfæðəm/

fathom in Bengali: গভীরতা পরিমাপ করা. In English, fathom means a man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.

Bengali words for fathom

গভীরতা পরিমাপ করা

English meaning of fathom

  1. noun A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
  2. noun An internationally standardized version of this unit, the international fathom (= 1.8288 metres = 6 feet).
  3. noun A measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted.
  4. noun An unspecified depth.

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fathom in a sentence

  • After we'd rowed for an hour, we found ourselves stranded ten fathoms from shore.
  • I can’t for the life of me fathom what this means.

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Questions about fathom in Bengali

What is the meaning of fathom in Bengali?
Fathom in Bengali is গভীরতা পরিমাপ করা.
fathom এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
Fathom: গভীরতা পরিমাপ করা.
What does fathom mean in English?
Fathom means a man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.

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Bengali words from Bengali Wiktionary: Fathom (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: fathom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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