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fathom meaning in Malayalam

ആഴമളക്കുന്ന തോത്

UK/ˈfað(ə)m//ˈfæðəm/

fathom in Malayalam: ആഴമളക്കുന്ന തോത്, ഒരു മാറ്, ഒരാൾ താഴ്ച, ആൾ വെള്ളം. 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.

Malayalam words for fathom

ആഴമളക്കുന്ന തോത്, ഒരു മാറ്, ഒരാൾ താഴ്ച, ആൾ വെള്ളം, ബുദ്ധികൂർമ്മത

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.

Full definition of fathom

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 Malayalam

What is the meaning of fathom in Malayalam?
Fathom in Malayalam is ആഴമളക്കുന്ന തോത്, ഒരു മാറ്, ഒരാൾ താഴ്ച, ആൾ വെള്ളം.
fathom എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Fathom: ആഴമളക്കുന്ന തോത്, ഒരു മാറ്, ഒരാൾ താഴ്ച, ആൾ വെള്ളം.
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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Malayalam words from Malayalam 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 Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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