CRESTLESS WAVE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

Synonyms:

crestless wave; swell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("crestless wave" is a kind of...):

moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crestless wave"):

ground swell; heavy swell (a broad and deep undulation of the ocean)