continental shelf
continental shelf noun: the outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
Noun
continental shelf (plural continental shelves)
- The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
continental shelf meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Thai
continental shelf in Tamil
- கடலில் அமிழ்திட்டு, கடலோரக் கண்டப் படுகை, கண்டத் திட்டு, கரையடுத்த கடற்பகுதி, கண்டத்திட்டு
continental shelf in Malay
- the area of sea around a land mass
- pentas benua
continental shelf in Indonesian
- the area of sea around a land mass
- paparan benua
continental shelf in Thai
- the area of sea around a land mass
- ไหล่ทวีป lài-tá-wîip
More languagesFewer languages
- continental shelf in Vietnamese
- thềm lục địa
Forms of continental shelf
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Questions about continental shelf
- What does continental shelf mean?
- Continental shelf means the outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
- What is continental shelf in Tamil?
- Continental shelf in Tamil is கடலில் அமிழ்திட்டு, கடலோரக் கண்டப் படுகை, கண்டத் திட்டு. See Continental shelf meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is continental shelf?
- Continental shelf is a noun.
- What is the plural of continental shelf?
- The plural of continental shelf is continental shelves.
Words near continental shelf in the dictionary
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