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    CONTINENTAL SLOPE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zoneplay

    Synonyms:

    bathyal district; bathyal zone; continental slope

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("continental slope" 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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