deepwater
adjective
deep·wa·ter
ˈdēp-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
: of, relating to, or characterized by water of considerable depth
deepwater sailors
especially
: able to accommodate oceangoing vessels
deepwater ports
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Those offshore turbines are dramatically larger than ones on land and require substantial infrastructure at ports for construction, from large assembly facilities to deepwater docks for ships that carry turbines out to sea.
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Lauren Sommer, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
By this year, deepwater oil will account for 10% of global crude supply, according to Rystad Energy.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The changes a deepwater port could bring The Army Corps of Engineers this month issued a $400 million contract to begin the first phase of the port project, which will ultimately include dredging sediment from the ocean so bigger ships can dock.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Flores is east of Lombok and thus east of the Wallace line, so that the ancestor to The Hobbit had to cross the deepwater channel.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Sommer, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
By this year, deepwater oil will account for 10% of global crude supply, according to Rystad Energy.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The changes a deepwater port could bring The Army Corps of Engineers this month issued a $400 million contract to begin the first phase of the port project, which will ultimately include dredging sediment from the ocean so bigger ships can dock.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Flores is east of Lombok and thus east of the Wallace line, so that the ancestor to The Hobbit had to cross the deepwater channel.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deepwater
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“Deepwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deepwater. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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deepwater
adjective
deep·wa·ter
ˌdēp-ˌwȯt-ər
-ˌwät-
: of or relating to water of great depth
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