English Explanatory Dictionary

green water

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large quantity of water on a ship's deck as a result of massive waves during a large storm.
  2. Water, mostly from rain, that replenishes the water lost by evaporation or respiration from forests.
  3. Water that has been colored green by the presence of algae or other organic matter.
  4. The waters, inshore, coastal, on the continental shelf, of non-abyssal basins, in the oceans.

Word forms

green water green waters

Related words

black water blue water brown water gray water grey water red water white water yellow water

Derived words

green-water green-water navy
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