Submarine

Definition of Submarine

Sub`ma`rine´
a.1.Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.
Submarine armor
a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water.
Submarine cable
See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Submarine mine
a - See Torpedo, 2 (a).
n.1.A submarine plant or animal.
1.(Nav.) A submarine boat; a ship that can travel under the surface of the water. Most such ships are ships of war, as part of a navy, but submarines are also used for oceanic research. Also called sub and (from the German U-Boot) U-boat.
2.A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
3.A submarine sandwich.

Related Words

Aqua-Lung, U-boat, U-boot, Unterseeboot, air cylinder, aquascope, bathyscaphe, bathysphere, benthoscope, buried, diving bell, diving boat, diving chamber, diving goggles, diving helmet, diving hood, diving mask, diving suit, drowned, engulfed, flooded, immersed, inundated, periscope, pigboat, scuba, snorkel, sub, subaqueous, submerged, submersed, submersible, sunken, swim fins, undersea, underwater, wet suit
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