SCUBA

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus \Self`-con*tained"
  Underwater Breathing Apparatus\, n.
     A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under
     water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which
     are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by
     tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the


     air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called
     also {SCUBA}, {SCUBA gear}, or {SCUBA apparatus}.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  aqualung \aqualung\ n.
     an apparatus containing compressed air or other oxygen-gas
     mixture, permitting a person to breathe under water; -- also
     called a {scuba}.
  
     Syn: scuba
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scuba
       n : a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe
           under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained
           underwater breathing apparatus [syn: {aqualung}, {Aqua-Lung}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "scuba":
     Aqua-Lung, air cylinder, aquascope, artificial respiration,
     aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, bathyscaphe, bathysphere,
     benthoscope, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, cough,
     diving bell, diving boat, diving chamber, diving goggles,
     diving helmet, diving hood, diving mask, diving suit, exhalation,
     expiration, exsufflation, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, inhalation,
     inhalator, inspiration, insufflation, iron lung,
     mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant,
     periscope, puff, respiration, sigh, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore,
     snoring, snorkel, snuff, snuffle, sternutation, stertor, submarine,
     suspiration, swim fins, wet suit, wheeze, wind