sunken ship

collocation in English

meaningsofsunkenandship

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sunken
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌŋ.kən/us
/ˈsʌŋ.kən/
having fallen to the bottom of ...
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ship
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɪp/us
/ʃɪp/
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across ...
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(Definition ofsunkenandshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During five dives to a depth of around 49 m divers confirmed that it was indeed asunkenship.
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Obviously, this must have been a voyage with no historical consequences, such as asunkenship.
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The memory of thesunkenshipis still very much alive.
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So far as is known, explosives are coming ashore from asunkenshipwhich is breaking up.
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Thesunkenshipthen rose with the ships on the surface and could be towed to shallower waters.
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Once all the treasure has been removed from asunkenship, the wreck disappears.
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An underwater tunnels and asunkenshipare also part of the exhibit hall.
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Offshore, strong seas disrupted a portion of the coastal reef by moving asunkenship300 feet (90 m).
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Won an effort to unseal a case seeking a financial accounting of gold recovered fromsunkenship.
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Brazovics charges him to auction off the wheat, which is worth almost nothing, lying soaked in thesunkenship.
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The port has one wharf and four piers, though one pier can not be used due to asunkenship.
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The hull is doubly strengthened, as thesunkenshipis at a greater depth.
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It was widely reviewed with added interest from the area local to thesunkenship.
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In total 112 bodies were recovered from thesunkenshipby divers.
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Kraken is said to dwell within asunkenshipsomewhere on the ocean floor.
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The latter's name came from thesunkenshipwhich was the foundation for the battery.
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Hundreds of bodies remained trapped in the steerage holds of thesunkenship.
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