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BOUGAINVILLE TRENCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bougainville Trench mean?
• BOUGAINVILLE TRENCH (noun)
The noun BOUGAINVILLE TRENCH has 1 sense:
1. a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Familiarity information: BOUGAINVILLE TRENCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
deep; oceanic abyss; trench (a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor)
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