undersea
/ˌʌndɚsˈi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.86 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: underwater"
- "It is not known just what action will be taken against the captain of the undersea boat."
- ""You're right!" she cried. "I'm sure you are." Twenty reasons come back. An undersea tunnel to the little island."
- "The Sediment (SNAP-7E) Density Meter (an underwater rocket) has been developed to investigate to an ocean-bottom depth of 11 sedimentary feet. Sea Lab I, the Navy’s new undersea laboratory, complete with observation porch and garage, should become safe to operate at the 200 foot level."
- "The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge."
- "The Channel Tunnel is the longest undersea tunnel in the world, with this section being 38km (23.6 miles) long."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sea English undersea From under- + sea.