scuba
60
3.7
- noun
- /ˈskuːbə/
- Specialized
:
equipo de buceo
- How old does a child have to be to do scuba diving?
- scuba diving
- scuba divers
- scuba gear
I'm going to undo your scuba tank and make you make you drown.
- I'm going to undo your scuba tank and make you make you drown.
Examples
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Get this man into some scuba gear.
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Have you heard of scuba diving?
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My men will enter with scuba gear.
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"Get one of your crew into scuba gear, just in case."
Fiction book (1999) -
But you've been scuba diving before, right?
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Against the forward bulkhead, a long row of scuba tanks was secured.
Fiction book (1991) -
When Lydia Gold goes scuba diving alone, she discovers how deadly the deep sea can be.
Fiction book (2002) -
In 1943, the invention of the Aqua-Lung, a pressurized-air delivery system, initiated modern scuba diving.
Academic text (2009) -
In the Puerto Cortes area, seven artisanal divers use scuba gear to catch lobsters and conchs.
Academic text (1996) -
In the Puerto Cortes area, seven artisanal divers use scuba gear to catch lobsters and conchs.
Synonyms
1
6.8
A device that lets a diver breathe underwater
A breathing device divers use to breathe underwater before modern scuba gear
Compounds
18
3.2
An activity in which you swim and explore underwater while using breathing equipment
How Deep
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
12
7.2
- Specialized
1
6.3
- Specialized
60
3.7
8
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scuba comes from the first letters of Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, and it names a small 'device' that lets you 'breathe' 'underwater'.