body of water
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1. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | thing, |
| definition | : | a separate and self-contained entity (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | backwater, |
| definition | : | a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | bay, embayment, |
| definition | : | an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | channel, |
| definition | : | a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | drink, |
| definition | : | any large deep body of water (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | estuary, |
| definition | : | the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | flowage, |
| definition | : | a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | crossing, ford, |
| definition | : | a shallow area in a stream that can be forded (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | gulf, |
| definition | : | an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | inlet, recess, |
| definition | : | an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | lake, |
| definition | : | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | briny, main, |
| definition | : | any very large body of (salt) water (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | mid-water, |
| definition | : | the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | ocean, |
| definition | : | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | offing, |
| definition | : | the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | polynya, |
| definition | : | a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas) (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | pool, puddle, |
| definition | : | a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | sea, |
| definition | : | a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | seven seas, |
| definition | : | an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | shallow, shoal, |
| definition | : | a stretch of shallow water (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | sound, |
| definition | : | a large ocean inlet or deep bay (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | stream, watercourse, |
| definition | : | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | territorial waters, |
| definition | : | the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | falls, waterfall, |
| definition | : | a steep descent of the water of a river (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | waterway, |
| definition | : | a navigable body of water (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | hydrosphere, |
| definition | : | the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor (noun.object) |
| substance holonym | : | h2o, water, |
| definition | : | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent (noun.substance) |
| domain category | : | lake, |
| definition | : | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land (noun.object) |
| domain category | : | ocean, |
| definition | : | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere (noun.object) |
| domain category | : | river, |
| definition | : | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) (noun.object) |
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