Davy Jones's locker meaning

Definition of Davy Jones's locker

1. the bottom of a sea or ocean

   Synonyms: ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones

   Type of: bed

   Kinds: abyssal zone, continental shelf, continental slope, neritic zone, twilight zone

Davy Jones's locker in a sentence

• A captain sometimes goes to Davy Jones's locker with his ship.
• It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismarck to Davy Jones's locker.

How to pronounce Davy Jones's locker

Davy Jones's locker is pronounced /ˈdeɪvi ˈdʒoʊnzɪz ˈlɑkɚ/ in American English. It has 6 syllables.