deep-water

deep-wa·ter (dpwôtr, -wtr)

adj.

Of, relating to, or carried on in waters of a relatively great depth: a deep-water port; deep-water drilling for oil.

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Adj.

1.

deep-water - of or carried on in waters of great depth; "a deep-water port" deep - having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"