SUBMERSIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does submersible mean? 

• SUBMERSIBLE (noun)
  The noun SUBMERSIBLE has 2 senses:

1. an apparatus intended for use under water

2. a warship designed to operate under water

  Familiarity information: SUBMERSIBLE used as a noun is rare.

• SUBMERSIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective SUBMERSIBLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged

  Familiarity information: SUBMERSIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBMERSIBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An apparatus intended for use under water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("submersible" is a kind of...):

apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "submersible"):

bathyscape; bathyscaph; bathyscaphe (navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration)

bathysphere (spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration)

diving bell (diving apparatus for underwater work; has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air)

minisub; minisubmarine (submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration)

Derivation:

submersible (capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A warship designed to operate under water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

submersible; submersible warship

Hypernyms ("submersible" is a kind of...):

combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "submersible"):

pigboat; sub; submarine; U-boat (a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes)

Antonym:

surface ship (a warship that operates on the surface of the water)

Derivation:

submersible (capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged)

• SUBMERSIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged

Synonyms:

submergible; submersible

Context example:

a submergible electric frying pan

Antonym:

nonsubmersible (not submersible or submergible)

Derivation:

submerge (fill or cover completely, usually with water)

submerge (put under water)

submerge (sink below the surface; go under or as if under water)

submersible (a warship designed to operate under water)

submersible (an apparatus intended for use under water)

 Context examples 

Geochemists explored the outcrop in a submersible, hoping to collect samples of the warm fluids that emerge from cracks in the rocks.

(Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea, National Science Foundation)