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English noun: continental shelf

1. continental shelf (object) the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent


Broader (hypernym)Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed









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