"continental shelf" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (oceanography) The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean. Wikipedia link: continental shelf Categories (topical): Oceanography Translations (the area of sea around a land mass): plateiz kevandirel [masculine] (Breton), континентален шелф (kontinentalen šelf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), plataforma continental [feminine] (Catalan), marge continental [masculine] (Catalan), 大陸棚 (Chinese Mandarin), 大陆棚 (dàlùpéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 大陸架 (Chinese Mandarin), 大陆架 (dàlùjià) (Chinese Mandarin), kontinentální šelf [masculine] (Czech), kontinentalsokkel [common-gender] (Danish), continentaal plat [neuter] (Dutch), mandrilava (Estonian), šelf (Estonian), landgrunnur [masculine] (Faroese), mannerjalusta (Finnish), plateau continental [masculine] (French), plataforma continental [feminine] (Galician), კონტინენტური შელფი (ḳonṭinenṭuri šelpi) (Georgian), კონტინენტური მეჩეჩი (ḳonṭinenṭuri mečeči) (Georgian), შელფი (šelpi) (Georgian), Schelf [masculine] (German), Kontinentalschelf [masculine] (German), Kontinentalsockel [masculine] (German), Festlandssockel (German), υφαλοκρηπίδα (yfalokripída) [feminine] (Greek), מדף יבשתי [masculine] (Hebrew), kontinentális talapzat (Hungarian), kontinentális self (Hungarian), landgrunn [neuter] (Icelandic), paparan benua (Indonesian), scairbh ilchríochach [feminine] (Irish), piattaforma continentale [feminine] (Italian), 大陸棚 (tairikudana) (alt: たいりくだな) (Japanese), šelfas (Lithuanian), kontinentinis atabradas (Lithuanian), pentas benua (Malay), ymmyr vooarheeragh [feminine] (Manx), kontinentalsokkel [masculine] (Norwegian), szelf kontynentalny [masculine] (Polish), półka kontynentalna [feminine] (Polish), plataforma continental [feminine] (Portuguese), platformă continentală [feminine] (Romanian), континента́льный шельф (kontinentálʹnyj šelʹf) [masculine] (Russian), ше̏лф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šȅlf [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šelf [masculine] (Slovak), kontinentálny šelf [masculine] (Slovak), plataforma continental [feminine] (Spanish), kontinentalsockel [common-gender] (Swedish), ไหล่ทวีป (lài-tá-wîip) (Thai), kıta sahanlığı (Turkish), континентальний шельф (kontynentalʹnyj šelʹf) [masculine] (Ukrainian), thềm lục địa (Vietnamese), sgafell gyfandirol [feminine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳonṭinenṭuri šelpi",
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          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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          "roman": "yfalokripída",
          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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      "word": "plateau continental"
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      "word": "מדף יבשתי"
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      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "word": "kontinentális talapzat"
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      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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      "word": "scairbh ilchríochach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piattaforma continentale"
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      "alt": "たいりくだな",
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      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "word": "大陸棚"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "word": "šelfas"
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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "word": "kontinentinis atabradas"
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      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "word": "pentas benua"
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      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ymmyr vooarheeragh"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kontinentalsokkel"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "szelf kontynentalny"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "półka kontynentalna"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plataforma continental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "platformă continentală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontinentálʹnyj šelʹf",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "континента́льный шельф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ше̏лф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
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      "word": "šȅlf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "šelf"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kontinentálny šelf"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plataforma continental"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kontinentalsockel"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lài-tá-wîip",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "word": "ไหล่ทวีป"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "word": "kıta sahanlığı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kontynentalʹnyj šelʹf",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "континентальний шельф"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "word": "thềm lục địa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the area of sea around a land mass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sgafell gyfandirol"
    }
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