deepwater
[deep-waw-ter, -wot-er]
- having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
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Origin of deepwater
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Examples from the Web for deepwater
Contemporary Examples
BP—No surprise here, but the energy company behind the Deepwater Horizon oil spill gets no love on the Internet.
These devoted investigators are returning to Nikumaroro next month with deepwater search equipment.
Once the seal was set, the Deepwater Horizon floating rig would move on.
At the top is the federal response to the Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster and the subsequent oil spill.
But Landrieu says the White House moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling is a huge mistake.
Historical Examples
We've got these people: We'll have them out of Deepwater in six months.
The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays)John Galsworthy
The deepwater sailor of to-day needs know none of these things.
The Human DriftJack London
Mrs. 'Arvey, and the Drews, an' us, and there isn't another cottage to be had anywhere in Deepwater.
The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays)John Galsworthy
That wind-blown voice of his, with its deepwater melodiousness, had dropped to a whisper.
To borrow the lines of these fleet and graceful models and apply them to the design of a deepwater ship was a bold conception.
The Old Merchant MarineRalph D. Paine