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scuba diving

UK/ˈskuːbə ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/US/ˈskuːbə ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/
nounB1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

Scuba diving is diving with air carried in tanks on your back. Go scuba diving.

The word scuba is an abbreviation of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Scuba diving requires coming up slowly, because the gas dissolved under pressure must leave gently.

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Definitions of scuba diving

  1. 1nounscuba divingDiving with air carried in tanks on your back.B1

    “Scuba diving showed him a wreck sixty feet down.”

scuba diving is a sport.

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