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CRESTLESS WAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crestless wave mean?
• CRESTLESS WAVE (noun)
The noun CRESTLESS WAVE has 1 sense:
1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
Familiarity information: CRESTLESS WAVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
crestless wave; swell
Hypernyms ("crestless wave" is a kind of...):
moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crestless wave"):
ground swell; heavy swell (a broad and deep undulation of the ocean)
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