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dead calm

dead calm adjective: of a body of water, completely still with no waves and no wind.

Adjective

dead calm (not comparable)

  1. Of a body of water, completely still with no waves and no wind.
    • We were drifting on a dead calm sea for a third week in a row.

Noun

dead calm (uncountable)

  1. The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind.
    • Dead calm prevails over the Atlantic.

Synonyms of dead calm

Questions about dead calm

What does dead calm mean?
Dead calm means of a body of water, completely still with no waves and no wind.
What part of speech is dead calm?
Dead calm can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dead calm in the dictionary

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