snorkel
IPA: snˈɔrkʌɫ
noun
- (underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.
- A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth.
- A snorkel parka.
verb
- To use a snorkel.
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Examples of "snorkel" in Sentences
- I believe the tube is the snorkel.
- The range at an snorkeling speed is.
- The range at an snorkeling speed is .
- There is scuba diving and snorkeling.
- There is snorkeling around the island.
- It is possible to kayak and/or snorkel here.
- It is a location for snorkelling and scuba diving.
- There is also good snorkelling around the craggy rocks.
- These waters offer some of the best diving and snorkeling in the world.
- Scuba divers and snorkelers enjoy the shallow reefs close to the island.
- Postal maintenance worker Dan Wood works to remove a "snorkel" on a mail drop box.
- They include a e SSRq70 Mustang, a vintage Chevelle, a 1972 Road Runner with a 440-cubic-inch engine and "snorkel" ram air intake.
- For the intake you will need to construct a snorkel from the airbox intake tube to the 2-inch coupling that you installed into the front plastic.
- This is very different from diesel-electric submarines, which must come up periodically for air or "snorkel" near the surface to fuel their engines.
- The scuba mask has to be made of tempered glass and has to fit my face, the fins have to be scuba fins (sturdier, broader from what I understand) and the snorkel is nothing special, but theyjust want you to use your own.
- Kauai brings out the languid traveller in me, and the idea of snorkel boats and helicopters never overcame the wonderful lethargy of beachcombing, strolling and hammock inspection that mark many of my trips to the island.
- In order to move faster than a few knots, such a sub must come to the surface: though batteries can be recharged moving a little faster at periscope depth by the use of a "snorkel" or "snort" air-intake mast to run the diesels underwater.
- "Lieutenant Hansen knows that a diesel engine is never, never lit up when a submarine is submerged -- unless with a snorkel, which is useless under ice -- for a diesel not only uses air straight from the engineroom atmosphere, it gulps it down in great draughts and would soon remove all the air in the ship.