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| n. (object) | 1. sea | a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land. |
| ~ adriatic, adriatic sea | an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west. |
| ~ aegean, aegean sea | 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. |
| ~ arabian sea | a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia. |
| ~ arafura sea | 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. |
| ~ baffin bay | 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. |
| ~ baltic, baltic sea | a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy. |
| ~ barents sea | the part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Norway and Russia. |
| ~ bay, embayment | an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. |
| ~ beaufort sea | part of the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Alaska. |
| ~ bering sea | part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait. |
| ~ bismarck sea | an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago. |
| ~ black sea, euxine sea | a sea between Europe and Asia; a popular resort area of eastern Europeans. |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ caribbean, caribbean sea | an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream. |
| ~ chukchi sea | part of the Arctic Ocean just to the north of the Bering Strait. |
| ~ coral sea | an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia. |
| ~ east china sea | part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia. |
| ~ greenland sea | part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Iceland. |
| ~ gulf | an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay. |
| ~ hudson bay | an inland sea in northern Canada. |
| ~ hydrosphere | the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor. |
| ~ inland sea | 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. |
| ~ inlet, recess | an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands). |
| ~ ionian sea | an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy. |
| ~ irish sea | an arm of the North Atlantic between Great Britain and Ireland. |
| ~ kara sea | part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year. |
| ~ labrador sea | an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland. |
| ~ laptev sea | 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. |
| ~ ligurian sea | an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica. |
| ~ marmara, marmara denizi, marmora, sea of marmara, sea of marmora | an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles. |
| ~ mediterranean, mediterranean sea | the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia. |
| ~ north sea | an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970. |
| ~ norwegian sea | the part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea. |
| ~ red sea | a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal. |
| ~ ross sea | an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica. |
| ~ sargasso sea | a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed. |
| ~ east sea, sea of japan | an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan. |
| ~ sea of okhotsk | an arm of the Pacific to the east of Asia. |
| ~ south china sea | a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons. |
| ~ south sea | any sea to the south of the equator (but especially the South Pacific). |
| ~ tasman sea | an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand. |
| ~ timor sea | an arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia. |
| ~ tyrrhenian sea | an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Sicily. |
| ~ weddell sea | an arm of the south Atlantic in Antarctica to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula. |
| ~ huang hai, yellow sea | part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. ocean, sea | anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume. |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 3. sea | turbulent water with swells of considerable size.; "heavy seas" |
| ~ turbulent flow | flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically. |
| ~ head sea | a sea in which the waves are running directly against the course of the ship. |
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