'SCUBA' definitions:
Definition of 'scuba'
(from WordNet)
noun
A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus [syn: aqualung, Aqua- Lung, scuba]
Definition of 'SCUBA'
From: GCIDE
- Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus \Self`-con*tained" Underwater Breathing Apparatus\, n. A portable device to allow divers to breathe while under water, consisting of one or two tanks of compressed air which are strapped onto the back of the diver, and are connected by tubing to a mouthpiece through which the diver receives the air from the tanks at rate adjustable by a valve; -- called also SCUBA, SCUBA gear, or SCUBA apparatus. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'scuba'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air cylinder,
- Aqua-Lung,
- aquascope,
- artificial respiration,
- aspiration,
- asthmatic wheeze,
- bathyscaphe,
- bathysphere,
- benthoscope,
- breath,
- breath of air,
- breathing,
- broken wind,
- cough,
- diving bell,
- diving boat,
- diving chamber,
- diving goggles,
- diving helmet,
- diving hood,
- diving mask,
- diving suit,
- exhalation,
- expiration,
- exsufflation,
- gasp,
- gulp,
- hack,
- hiccup,
- inhalation,
- inhalator,
- inspiration,
- insufflation,
- iron lung,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- oxygen mask,
- oxygen tent,
- pant,
- periscope,
- puff,
- respiration,
- sigh,
- sneeze,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snorkel,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- submarine,
- suspiration,
- swim fins,
- wet suit,
- wheeze,
- wind