"watery grave" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-watery grave.ogg Forms: watery graves [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪv Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} watery grave (usually uncountable, plural watery graves)
  1. (idiomatic) Death (or loss of an inanimate object) via drowning (sinking) in a body of water; or the underwater resting place of such a person or object. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable, usually Translations (death or loss of object via sinking in water): קבר במצולות (Hebrew), טביעה במצולות (Hebrew)

Inflected forms

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