crestless_wave (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *crestless wave*:
NOUN	event	crestless wave, swell	the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

English > *crestless wave*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea.
Synonym	swell
Narrower	ground swell, heavy swell	A broad and deep undulation of the ocean
Broader	wave, moving ridge	One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Spanish	marejada, oleaje, tumefacción
Catalan	marejada, marejol

HyperDic: crestless_wave