dead calm

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dead calm

adjective

  1. not comparable Of a body of water, completely still with no waves and no wind. We were drifting on a dead calm sea for a third week in a row.

Similar: clock calm

noun

  1. uncountable The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind. Dead calm prevails over the Atlantic.

Similar: clock calm

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adjective

Similar: clock calm

noun

Similar: clock calm

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adj completely still

Italianocalma piatta, calmeria, bonaccia

noun condition of a flat sea without waves

Españolcalma chicha
DeutschFlaute
Italianobonaccia
Русскийштиль štilʹ, безве́трие bezvétrije, зати́шье zatíšʹje

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@misc{dead_calm_2026,
  title = {dead calm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dead%20calm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}