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continental shelf
noun
The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
Word Frequency 1800~2019
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bleep
pavilion
cardinal
spotting
harmony
dismiss
enrage
velcro
yin
moonlit
jailer
scrubbed
saffron
gallantly
modulator
manicure
dwindle
sinner
runway
document
seashore
continental slope
ice shelf
fringing reef
ice-shelf
nearshore
inland sea
oceanic trench
seafloor
landmass
iceshelf
rockshelf
shoreland
shelfbreak
shoreface