Philippine Trench

American  

[fil-uh-peen trench] / ˈfɪl əˌpin ˈtrɛntʃ /

noun

1. an oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines: site of the Emden Deep.

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Etymology

Origin of Philippine Trench

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

It stands in the firmament of the best rides on the global circuit, a fast and powerful monster because of the water that sweeps in from the Philippine Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2013

Other expeditions had sounded the deeps and found that the deepest one, the Philippine Trench off the east coast of Mindanao, lies more than six miles beneath the surface of the sea.

From Time Magazine Archive