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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
deep; oceanic abyss; trench (a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor)