deep-water
Collocations
3VERB + DEEP-WATER
developing
DEEP-WATER + NOUN
barrow, guayaquil, port, ports
PREP.
in, into
Definitions
adj
Having a great depth of water.
a deep-water harbour
It is intended to develop San Lourenzo^([sic]) into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach.
Carried out at great depth.
deep-water drilling
Located in or near deep ocean waters.
a deep-water port
Living at a great depth underwater
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5a deep-water harbour
WiktionaryIt is intended to develop San Lourenzo^([sic]) into a deep-water port, as Guayaquil is highly unsuitable because of drifting silt banks and a thirty-mile river approach.
WiktionaryThe route was opened in stages between 1846-57, to link mineral industries in the area to a deep-water port at Barrow [-in-Furness] and to the rest of the national network.
WiktionaryAlgeria has deep-water ports.
Tatoeba · #8575358Algeria is developing a deep-water port in El Hamdania.
Tatoeba · #10088446