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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 Islandsplay

  Familiarity information: BOUGAINVILLE TRENCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOUGAINVILLE TRENCH (noun)


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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