SCUBA

aqualung, Aqua-Lung, scuba

(noun) a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

Noun

scuba (plural scubas)

(underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.

Verb

scuba (third-person singular simple present scubas, present participle scubaing, simple past and past participle scubaed)

(rare) To perform scuba diving.

Anagrams

• ubacs

Source: Wiktionary



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