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ROUGH WATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rough water mean?
• ROUGH WATER (noun)
The noun ROUGH WATER has 1 sense:
1. used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
Familiarity information: ROUGH WATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
choppiness; rough water; roughness
Hypernyms ("rough water" is a kind of...):
storminess (the state of being stormy)
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