north sea
English Thesaurus
1. an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970 (noun.object)
| instance hypernym | : | sea, |
| definition | : | a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land (noun.object) |
| 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 | : | kattegatt, |
| definition | : | a strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden; connects with the North Sea through the Skagerrak (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | skagerak, skagerrak, |
| definition | : | a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | zuider zee, |
| definition | : | a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | 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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