scuba

[ skoo-buh ]

noun
  1. 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.

Origin of scuba

1
1950–55; s(elf)-c(ontained)u(nderwater)b(reathing)a(pparatus)

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British Dictionary definitions for scuba

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

Origin of scuba

1
C20: from the initials of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

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