|  submersible 
 
 1. an apparatus intended for use under water
 • Hypernyms:
 apparatus, setup
 • Hyponyms:
 bathyscaphe, bathyscaph, bathyscape, bathysphere, diving bell,
 minisub, minisubmarine
 2. a warship designed to operate under water
 • Syn:
 submersible warship
 • Ant:
 surface ship
 • Hypernyms:
 warship, war vessel, combat ship
 • Hyponyms:
 submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat
 
 capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged
 - a submersible pump
 - a submergible electric frying pan
 • Syn:
 submergible
 • Ant:
 nonsubmersible
 • Derivationally related forms:
 submerge (for: submergible), submerge
 
 
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