CONTINENTAL SHELF

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("continental shelf" is a kind of...):

Davy Jones; Davy Jones's locker; ocean bottom; ocean floor; sea bottom; sea floor; seabed (the bottom of a sea or ocean)

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