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# submarine

noun (a submarine, submarines); adjective (submarine — under the sea)

«submarine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A submarine is a ship that can travel under the water as well as on top of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#m1)
2. (adjective, formal) Submarine means under the sea: "submarine cables". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#m2)
3. (USA) A submarine sandwich (a sub) is a long bread roll filled with meat, cheese and salad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, submarines fill tanks with water to sink and blow the water out with air to rise — this shows floating and sinking. In stories and history, submarines are used for exploring and in wars. Phrases: nuclear submarine, yellow submarine, submarine sandwich, by submarine.

### Examples

- The submarine dived deep under the ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#x1)
- A submarine fills its tanks with water to sink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#x2)
- Sailors on a submarine use a periscope to see above the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#x3)
- Submarine cables carry the internet under the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#x4)
- I ordered a turkey submarine for lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#x5)
- The submarine travelled 300 kilometres in 10 hours, so 30 kilometres an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Short form: sub. The prefix sub- means under (subway, submerge). "Underwater" is the everyday word for the adjective sense.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «submarine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submarine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«submarine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/submarine.html) on Mova free.