depth
11depth — noun 1 distance from top to bottom or from back to front; deep part of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ species that live at considerable depth ▪ They go down to great depths below the surface. ▪ maximum …
12depth — [[t]de̱pθ[/t]] ♦♦♦ depths 1) N VAR: oft amount in N, with poss, N of amount The depth of something such as a river or hole is the distance downwards from its top surface, or between its upper and lower surfaces. The smaller lake ranges from five… …
13depth */*/*/ — UK [depθ] / US noun Word forms depth : singular depth plural depths 1) [countable/uncountable] the distance from the top to the bottom of something, for example the sea, a river, or a hole depth of: What s the depth of the water here? in depth:… …
14depth — /depT/ noun 1 DISTANCE (countable usually singular, uncountable) a) the distance down from the top surface to the bottom of something: What depth is the lake? | to/at a depth of: Plant the seeds at a depth of ten centimetres. | a metre/foot etc… …
15depth — n. distance from the top to bottom distance from front to back 1) in depth (the river is thirty feet in depth) place at the bottom of a body of water 2) to reach a depth (the divers reached great depths) capability 3) beyond, out of one s depth… …
16depth — depthless, adj. /depth/, n. 1. a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers. 2.… …
17Depth — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Depth >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 depth depth Sgm: N 1 deepness deepness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 profundity profundity depression &c.(concavity) 252 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 hollow hollow …
18depth — n. 1 a deepness (the depth is not great at the edge). b the measurement from the top down, from the surface inwards, or from the front to the back (depth of the drawer is 12 inches). 2 difficulty; abstruseness. 3 a sagacity; wisdom. b intensity… …
19depth*/*/*/ — [depθ] noun 1) [C/U] a distance relating to how deep something is, for example the sea, a river, or a hole What s the depth of the water here?[/ex] 2) [U] the distance from the front to the back of something the depth of the shelf[/ex] 3) [C/U]… …
20depth — noun a) The vertical distance below a surface; the amount that something is deep. Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay. b) The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet. The depth of her misery… …
