: something that is submersible
especially
: a usually small underwater craft used especially for deep-sea research
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Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2025
Hobby The central kitchen remains a very simple space, featuring a slide-out 39-L electric cool box, sink plumbed to a 25-L fresh water tank via submersible pump, waste water roller tank and worktop.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025
Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
By 2009, law enforcement authorities said over a third of the drugs smuggled into the U.S. came aboard the submersibles, according to the Washington Post.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Along with the kettle and base, this set comes with a submersible, lidded tea basket and a tea scoop.
—Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2025
Hobby The central kitchen remains a very simple space, featuring a slide-out 39-L electric cool box, sink plumbed to a 25-L fresh water tank via submersible pump, waste water roller tank and worktop.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
Several other research groups send submersibles — both with and without people — to the bottom of the ocean in this area.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
By 2009, law enforcement authorities said over a third of the drugs smuggled into the U.S. came aboard the submersibles, according to the Washington Post.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Submersible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submersible. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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submersible
1 of 2 adjective
sub·mers·ible
səb-ˈmər-sə-bəl 
: capable of being submerged
submersible pumps
submersible
2 of 2 noun
: something that is submersible
especially
: submarine entry 2 sense 1
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