Whale - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
verb
Extra examples
...a whale of a pickup truck...
A young whale is a calf.
He is a whale on / at history.
The whale surfaced briefly then dove under again.
The whale was 50 feet long.
The whale surfaced and then dove back down.
The whale measures 40 feet from nose to tail.
...an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale...
The whale dove down to deeper water.
...the blue whale is a huge, even awesome animal by any measure...
...candles made from whale oil were once highly prized because they burned with an incandescence superior to that of other candles...
...among pelagic animals the undisputed king is the blue whale, the largest creature currently roaming the face of the earth...
Shamu, the killer whale, is the show's star attraction (=best and most popular person or thing).
Conservationists are trying to save the whale from extinction.
...the dumbstruck ecotourists gaped in silence as the enormous whale breached near their vessel...
Word forms
singular: whale
plural: whales
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