minisub
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈmɪniˌsʌb/
- Specialized
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minisubmarino
- The research team descended into the ocean in a minisub to explore the coral reefs.
Examples
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Take for example the A3, your minisub.
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When my wife says she wants something a bit unreasonable, my joking reply is often, "And I want Michelle Pfeiffer naked in a minisub."
Blog text (14) -
I need two volunteers for the minisub.
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- Minisub in all these mines?
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And now you're a minisub man.
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Use the minisub and a torch.
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Sent a minisub into a minefield which killed two of my men.
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I'm looking at your plans for your minisub where's the hatch on this thing?
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The eight-foot titanium minisub was shaped like a fat torpedo topped by an acrylic dome.
Fiction book (2001) -
Topside we've got the bridge, the minisub, an old chopper... and all kinds of radar and sonar and underwater movie gadgets.
Synonyms
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7.2
A small vehicle that moves and works under water
A very small underwater boat that carries one or two people
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word minisub comes from mini- meaning 'small' and sub meaning 'under', the same sub you see in submarine. So a minisub is a very small submarine for one or two people.