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Seaspeak

Seaspeak noun: a controlled form of natural language based on English and designed to facilitate communication between ships whose captains speak different languages.

Noun

Seaspeak (uncountable)

  1. A controlled form of natural language based on English and designed to facilitate communication between ships whose captains speak different languages.

Origin of Seaspeak

From sea + -speak.

Questions about Seaspeak

What does Seaspeak mean?
Seaspeak means a controlled form of natural language based on English and designed to facilitate communication between ships whose captains speak different languages.
What part of speech is Seaspeak?
Seaspeak is a noun.

Words near Seaspeak in the dictionary

  1. seasonlong
  2. seasons
  3. seasonsful
  4. seaspace
  5. seaspaces
  6. Seaspeak
  7. seaspider
  8. seaspiders
  9. seaspray
  10. seasprays
  11. seastained

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