scuba
[ skoo-buh ]
/ ˈsku bə /
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noun
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
verb (used without object), scu·baed, scu·ba·ing.
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Origin of scuba
1950–55; s(elf)-c(ontained)u(nderwater)b(reathing)a(pparatus)
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scuba
/ (ˈskjuːbə) /
noun
- an apparatus used in skindiving, consisting of a cylinder or cylinders containing compressed air attached to a breathing apparatus
- (as modifier)scuba diving
Word Origin for scuba
C20: from the initials of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
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