fathom in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

fathom in the PONS Dictionary

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Unable to maneuver, they come down on an undersea plateau, twelve hundred fathoms (7200 feet) below the surface.
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Typically, miners were paid by the cubic fathom of mine rock extracted, at rates designated in their contracts.
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They can't quite fathom where his leaps are taking him.
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The depth was estimated at from 5 to 6 fathoms; unfortunately no soundings were taken.
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It was sunk in about 1844/5 at a depth of around 25 fathoms (a fathom equals 1.828 metres or approximately 6 feet).
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Nautical charts show depth in fathoms and use the nautical mile for distance.
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He was academically isolated because his colleagues in economics could not fathom how this new work related to his pioneering research in staples theory.
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There was plenty of water; even in summer, the river was 30 fathoms deep.
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The mine was now operating at the 260 fathom level, where only tin was found.
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Secondly, she throws twelve fathoms a boulder that requires the strength of twelve men to lift.
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