deep-sea

1. 1.

   of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea

   “deep-sea fishing”

   “deep-sea exploration”

   Similarmarine

Questions about deep-sea

What does deep-sea mean?

deep-sea means "of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea".

How many syllables are in deep-sea?

deep-sea has 3 syllables and divides as de-ep--sea under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is deep-sea a common word?

deep-sea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.