JAPAN TRENCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japan Trench mean? 

• JAPAN TRENCH (noun)
  The noun JAPAN TRENCH has 1 sense:

1. a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPAN TRENCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

deep; oceanic abyss; trench (a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor)