depth of the ocean
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4.7
- noun
- /dɛpθ əv ði ˈoʊʃən/
- A few years ago, an underwater photographer for National Geographic, whose job took her to the depths of the ocean, joined one of my river-writing trips.
Examples
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Osedax worms live in the depths of the oceans, where they eat bones for a living.
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The average depth of the ocean is 4,000 m, and fishing is only occurring to half that depth.
Blog text (24) -
Speed is influenced by the depth of the ocean.
Blog text (21) -
Beyond three miles of the shoreline, the depth of the ocean floor drops sharply to several thousand feet.
Academic text (2003) -
The average depth of the oceans is about 4,000 meters.
Blog text (24) -
And the camera follows, moving into the water to reveal that, beneath the surface, there is no ship at all, only the vast empty depths of the ocean.
Fiction book (2002) -
Instead, she probed the depths of the ocean but saw only vast seas, giant fish, and a dark, featureless floor.
Fiction book (1992) -
The cold, dark depths of the ocean support armies of worms, crustaceans, and mollusks.
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Osedax worms live in the depths of the ocean, where they eat bones for a living.
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Beyond three miles of the shoreline, the depth of the ocean floor drops sharply to several thousand feet.
Synonyms
78
3.9
The lowest parts of a place or a feeling
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7.4
A very low, steep part of the ocean floor
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2.9
The bottom of the sea or ocean with plains, ridges, and trenches
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3.6
The deepest parts of the ocean far below the surface where little or no sunlight reaches
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2.8
The ground under the sea or ocean
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2.4
The ground at the bottom of the sea where sand and rocks lie
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6.8
A very deep part of the ocean floor with steep sides where one plate moves under another
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2.7
The bottom of the sea or ocean
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3.7
The lowest part of the sea where sand and mud rest
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2.5
The floor of the sea where sand, rocks, and animals live
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2.8
The distance from a surface down into something like a lake
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4.0
The deep part of a sea or lake away from the shore
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9.9
A very deep part of the ocean below 2,000 meters with no light, very cold water, and high pressure
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8.8
A very deep, steep place on the ocean floor where Earth's plates meet
Antonyms
How Deep
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4.7
- Specialized
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9.4
- Specialized
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7.4
- Specialized
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5.5
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a literal, fully compositional combination of 'depth(s)' (deepest part) + 'of the' (possessive/linking structure) + 'ocean' (the sea). This straightforward noun + of + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Depth of the ocean uses a simple picture: depth means going down and the ocean is the sea, so you imagine diving far below the surface into a deep, dark place. That's why it means 'the deepest parts or regions of the ocean, far below the surface'.