blue-water

[ bloo-waw-ter, -wot-er ]
/ ˈbluˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /

adjective

designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.

Origin of blue-water

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby blue-water

blue-singlet, blue-sky, blue-sky law, blue-sky thinking, blue-tongued lizard, blue-water, blue-winged teal, blueback salmon, bluebead, bluebeard, bluebeat

Example sentences from the Web for blue-water

  • He was a blue-water man, and one day he broke loose and got at the charterers' whisky.

    Thrice Armed |Harold Bindloss