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deepsea

deepsea is the alternative form of deep-sea.

Meaning of deep-sea

Adjective

deep-sea

  1. Of, related to or located in the deeper part of the sea.
    • The oarfish is a deep-sea fish.
  2. Of or related to an open sea.
    • deep-sea fishing
  3. Of a port, able to accommodate the largest ships.
    • In addition to the long-standing relationship with Felixstowe (GBRf now carries a third of all containerised rail traffic arising from that port), operations have expanded at two other deep-sea ports - Southampton and Thames Gateway.2019 November 6, Rail, page 60

Phrases with deepsea

Questions about deepsea

What is deepsea the alternative form of?
Deepsea is the alternative form of deep-sea.

Words near deepsea in the dictionary

  1. deepoxidases
  2. deepoxidation
  3. deepoxidations
  4. deeprooted
  5. deeps
  6. deepsea
  7. deepsea fangjaw
  8. deepsea lightfish
  9. deepset
  10. deepsome
  11. deepspace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deepsea (page history and authors); deep-sea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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