[dɛpθ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something
(e.g: water of no more than 12 feet in depth)

- the quality of being intense or extreme
(e.g: he was surprised by the depth of Eloise's vindictiveness)

- a point far below the surface
(e.g: he lifted the manhole cover and peered into the depths beneath)

- intensity of colour
(e.g: strong lighting will accentuate the depth of colour)


Phrases:
- hidden depths
- in depth
- out of one's depth

Origin:
late Middle English: from deep + -th, on the pattern of pairs such as long, length