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scuba
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scuba has 1 sense
- scuba(n = noun.artifact) aqua-lung, aqualung - a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus; Array is a kind of breathing apparatus, breathing device, breathing machine, ventilator
has parts: cylinder, oxygen mask
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scuba, n. (pl. scubas) an aqualung.
Etymology
acronym f. self- contained underwater breathing apparatus
THESAURUS
scuba
Aqua-Lung, air cylinder, aquascope, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, bathyscaphe, bathysphere, benthoscope, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, cough, diving bell, diving boat, diving chamber, diving goggles, diving helmet, diving hood, diving mask, diving suit, exhalation, expiration, exsufflation, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, inhalation, inhalator, inspiration, insufflation, iron lung, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, periscope, puff, respiration, sigh, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snorkel, snuff, snuffle, sternutation, stertor, submarine, suspiration, swim fins, wet suit, wheeze, wind
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