snorkel
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- noun
- /ˈsnɔrkəl/
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esnórquel
- Two things that will help you have a good swim are goggles and a snorkel.
These are snorkel masks where you get like the snorkel mask with some kind of intakes or outtakes for the air.
- These are snorkel masks where you get like the snorkel mask with some kind of intakes or outtakes for the air.
- Yeah, but not if I had a big snorkel.
- And do they make you wear a swim mask slash snorkel mask mandated?
- They got, they got little snorkels, they got little snorkels, they got a chicken snorkel.
- It is a butter crust baby pool filled with cheese sauce that you really need a snorkel to really appreciate.
Examples
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I tried out my new mask and snorkel, as tomorrow I plan to take the bus to Hanauma while someone works.
Blog text (7) -
He held a mask and snorkel in one hand and a pair of swim fins in the other.
Fiction book (1996) -
These giant snorkel masks that your whole face goes in.
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There are also plenty of photographic opportunities underwater, and plenty of snorkel and dive shops to help you take advantage of them.
Academic text (2004) -
I waited until you were in the water and rented, just as you had, a snorkel and two flippers.
Fiction book (1997) -
Of Ted, there is only the red tip of his snorkel as he examines bright fish trapped in clear blue water.
Fiction book (1999) -
Climb up the volcano, or grab a snorkel and explore the colorful coral reefs.
Blog text (5) -
Then they put on their masks and snorkels and stagger to the swim platform as the Stenella rolls.
Blog text (11) -
After breakfast, Petra packed the swimsuits again, and the masks, flippers, and snorkels.
Fiction book (1998) -
To explore the underwater world, you need a snorkel to breathe while swimming face down.
Compounds
Swimming near the water surface while breathing through a tube to see under the water
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snorkel comes from the German word Schnorchel, and it is like the English word snort because the tube lets you take quick breaths above the water. So a snorkel is a tube that lets a swimmer 'breathe' while keeping their face in the water.