Definition of "deep-water" [deep-water]

• Of, relating to, or carried on in waters of a relatively great depth: a deep-water port; deep-water drilling for oil. (adjective)

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• "The company provided BP with casing components for its doomed deep-water well."
• "Transocean Ltd. evacuated more than 100 workers from a deep-water drilling rig off the coast of West Africa Wednesday after it began taking on water."
• "Transocean evacuated more than 100 workers from a deep-water drilling rig off the coast of West Africa after it began taking on water."