堆たい

noun

bank; shoal; elevation in the seabed

Geological term for a submerged elevation in the sea, often used in oceanography and marine geology.

• この海かい域いきにはいくつかの堆たいが点てん在ざいしている。

  Several banks are scattered in this sea area.

noun

pile; heap

Obsolete term for a pile or heap; not used in modern Japanese. Replaced by words like 山 (やま) or 積み重ね (つみかさね).

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、石いしの堆たいと記しるされている。

  In old documents, it is written as a pile of stones.