solent

English Thesaurus

1. a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	sound, strait,
definition	:	a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water (noun.object)

part meronym	:	english channel,
definition	:	an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain (noun.object)