atlantic
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1. the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object)
| instance hypernym | : | ocean, |
| definition | : | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | bermuda, bermudas, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bermuda triangle, |
| definition | : | an area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cape verde islands, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | falkland islands, |
| definition | : | a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | the indies, west indies, |
| definition | : | the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | greenland, gronland, kalaallit nunaat, |
| definition | : | the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | newfoundland, |
| definition | : | an island in the north Atlantic (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | british isles, |
| definition | : | Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | iceland, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | orkney islands, |
| definition | : | an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | shetland, shetland islands, zetland, |
| definition | : | an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | tenerife, |
| definition | : | a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | antarctic ocean, |
| definition | : | the southern waters surrounding Antarctica (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | atlantic coast, |
| definition | : | a coast of the Atlantic Ocean (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | bay of biscay, |
| definition | : | an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | bay of fundy, |
| definition | : | a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | biscayne bay, |
| definition | : | a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | bristol channel, |
| definition | : | an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | buzzards bay, |
| definition | : | an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | chesapeake bay, |
| definition | : | a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | delaware bay, |
| definition | : | an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | english channel, |
| definition | : | an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | galway bay, |
| definition | : | a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | gulf of guinea, |
| definition | : | a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | golfo de mexico, gulf of mexico, |
| definition | : | an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | labrador sea, |
| definition | : | an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | long island sound, |
| definition | : | a sound between Long Island and Connecticut (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | massachusetts bay, |
| definition | : | an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | mid-atlantic ridge, |
| definition | : | a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | new york bay, |
| definition | : | a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | north atlantic, |
| definition | : | that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | north sea, |
| definition | : | an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970 (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | norwegian sea, |
| definition | : | the part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | penobscot bay, |
| definition | : | an inlet of the Atlantic in eastern Maine (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | sargasso sea, |
| definition | : | a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | south atlantic, |
| definition | : | that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | windward passage, |
| definition | : | a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea (noun.object) |
| domain member region | : | battle of trafalgar, trafalgar, |
| definition | : | a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | atlantic, |
| definition | : | relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean (adj.pert) |
2. relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | atlantic, atlantic ocean, |
| definition | : | the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | atlantic, atlantic ocean, |
| definition | : | the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object) |
3. the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object)
| derivation | : | atlantic, |
| definition | : | relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean (adj.pert) |
4. relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | atlantic, atlantic ocean, |
| definition | : | the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | atlantic, atlantic ocean, |
| definition | : | the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object) |
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