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uncharted waters

uncharted waters is the plural of uncharted water.

Meaning of uncharted water

Noun

uncharted water (countable and uncountable, plural uncharted waters)

  1. An area of sea that has not been surveyed, or whose details have not been entered on nautical charts.
    • Near-synonym: abyss
    Synonyms:
    abyss
  2. (figuratively, plural-normally) Any unknown and potentially dangerous situation.
    • That is the rock that he is in danger of, for he is going recklessly over uncharted waters.1900, Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page, The World's Work ...: A History of Our Time

Questions about uncharted waters

What is uncharted waters the plural of?
Uncharted waters is the plural of uncharted water.

Words near uncharted waters in the dictionary

  1. unchartably
  2. uncharted
  3. uncharted territories
  4. uncharted territory
  5. uncharted water
  6. uncharted waters
  7. unchartedness
  8. unchartered
  9. unchary
  10. unchased
  11. unchaste

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