sea

Noun
  1. A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land (synset 109449666)
    is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    subtypes: south sea - any sea to the south of the equator (but especially the South Pacific)
    specific instances:
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • hudson bay - an inland sea in northern Canada
    • 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
    • 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 bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea, and Russia
    • 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
    • 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
    has:
    • bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
    • gulf - an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
    • inlet, recess - an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
    is a part of: hydrosphere - the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
  2. Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume (synset 113799183)
    is a type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
    same as: ocean
  3. Turbulent water with swells of considerable size (synset 111541837)
    "heavy seas"
    is a type of: turbulent flow - flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically
    subtypes: head sea - a sea in which the waves are running directly against the course of the ship

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