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submarine

sub·ma·rine
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    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [noun suhb-muh-reen, suhb-muh-reen; adjective, verb suhb-muh-reen]
    • /noun ˌsʌb məˈrin, ˈsʌb məˌrin; adjective, verb ˌsʌb məˈrin/
    • /ˌsʌb.məˈriːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noun suhb-muh-reen, suhb-muh-reen; adjective, verb suhb-muh-reen]
    • /noun ˌsʌb məˈrin, ˈsʌb məˌrin; adjective, verb ˌsʌb məˈrin/

Definitions of submarine word

  • noun submarine a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles. 1
  • noun submarine something situated or living under the surface of the sea, as a plant or animal. 1
  • noun submarine Chiefly Northeastern and North Midland U.S. a hero sandwich. 1
  • adjective submarine situated, occurring, operating, or living under the surface of the sea: a submarine mountain. 1
  • adjective submarine of, relating to, or carried on by a submarine or submarines: submarine warfare. 1
  • verb without object submarine to participate in the operating of a submarine. 1

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Origin of submarine

First appearance:

before 1640
One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; 1895-1900 for def 1; sub- + marine

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Parts of speech for Submarine

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

submarine popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

submarine usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for submarine

noun submarine

  • corvette — A corvette is a small fast warship that is used to protect other ships from attack.
  • cruiser — A cruiser is a motor boat which has an area for people to live or sleep in.
  • cutter — A cutter is a tool that you use for cutting through something.
  • dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
  • dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.

adj submarine

  • deep — If something is deep, it extends a long way down from the ground or from the top surface of something.
  • fathomless — impossible to measure the depth of; bottomless.

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