sea
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1. a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land (noun.object)
hypernym | : | body of water, water, |
definition | : | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) (noun.object) |
hyponym | : | south sea, |
definition | : | any sea to the south of the equator (but especially the South Pacific) (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | adriatic, adriatic sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | aegean, aegean sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | arabian sea, |
definition | : | a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | arafura sea, |
definition | : | a part of the western Pacific Ocean to the north of Australia and to the south of New Guinea and the eastern islands of Indonesia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | baffin bay, |
definition | : | a body of water between Greenland and northeastern Canada; connected with the Arctic Ocean to the north and with the Atlantic Ocean (via the Labrador Sea) to the south; icebound in winter (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | baltic, baltic sea, |
definition | : | a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | barents sea, |
definition | : | the part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Norway and Russia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | beaufort sea, |
definition | : | part of the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Alaska (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | bering sea, |
definition | : | part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | bismarck sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | black sea, euxine sea, |
definition | : | a sea between Europe and Asia; a popular resort area of eastern Europeans (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | caribbean, caribbean sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | chukchi sea, |
definition | : | part of the Arctic Ocean just to the north of the Bering Strait (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | coral sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | east china sea, |
definition | : | part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | greenland sea, |
definition | : | part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Iceland (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | hudson bay, |
definition | : | an inland sea in northern Canada (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | inland sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | ionian sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | irish sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the North Atlantic between Great Britain and Ireland (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | kara sea, |
definition | : | part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | labrador sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | laptev sea, |
definition | : | part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia (between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands) that is icebound most of the year (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | ligurian sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | 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) |
instance hyponym | : | norwegian sea, |
definition | : | the part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | red sea, |
definition | : | a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | ross sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | sargasso sea, |
definition | : | a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | east sea, sea of japan, |
definition | : | an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | sea of okhotsk, |
definition | : | an arm of the Pacific to the east of Asia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | south china sea, |
definition | : | a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | tasman sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | timor sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | tyrrhenian sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Sicily (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | weddell sea, |
definition | : | an arm of the south Atlantic in Antarctica to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | huang hai, yellow sea, |
definition | : | part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | bay, embayment, |
definition | : | an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | gulf, |
definition | : | an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | inlet, recess, |
definition | : | an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | hydrosphere, |
definition | : | the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor (noun.object) |
2. turbulent water with swells of considerable size (noun.phenomenon)
hypernym | : | turbulent flow, |
definition | : | flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically (noun.phenomenon) |
hyponym | : | head sea, |
definition | : | a sea in which the waves are running directly against the course of the ship (noun.phenomenon) |
3. anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume (noun.quantity)
derivation | : | oceanic, |
definition | : | resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree (adj.all) |
derivation | : | oceanic, |
definition | : | resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree (adj.all) |
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