underwater

underwater
/un"deuhr waw"teuhr, -wot"euhr/, adj.
1. existing or occurring under water.
2. designed to be used under water.
3. located below a ship's waterline.
adv.
4. beneath the water: to travel underwater.
n.
5. the water beneath the surface: cold currents in the underwater.
6. underwaters, the depths, as of a sea, lake, etc.
[1620-30; UNDER- + WATER]

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