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scuba

/ˈskuːbə/

scuba noun: an apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.

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Noun (1)

scuba (plural scubas)

  1. An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.

Verb

scuba (third-person singular simple present scubas, present participle scubaing, simple past and past participle scubaed)

  1. (rare) To perform scuba diving.

Noun (2) capitalized: SCUBA

SCUBA (plural SCUBAs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of scuba.

scuba meaning in Thai

scuba in Thai

diving equipment — see also aqualung
สกูบา sà-gu-báa

Forms of scuba

Noun
pluralscubas
pluralSCUBAs
Verb
third-person singular presentscubas
present participlescubaing
past participlescubaed
pastscubaed

Origin of scuba

English scuba From SCUBA, acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus; now usually viewed as anacronymic.

Acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

Words formed from scuba

Phrases with scuba

Words that rhyme with scuba

Questions about scuba

What does scuba mean?
Scuba means an apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.
What is scuba in Thai?
Scuba in Thai is สกูบา (sà-gu-báa). See Scuba meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is scuba?
Scuba can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce scuba?
Scuba is pronounced /ˈskuːbə/.
What is the plural of scuba?
The plural of scuba is scubas.

Words near scuba in the dictionary

  1. SCTEX
  2. SCTP
  3. sctr'd
  4. SCTS
  5. SCU
  6. scuba
  7. scuba diver
  8. scuba divers
  9. scuba diving
  10. scuba set
  11. scuba sets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scuba (page history and authors); SCUBA (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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