high seas

Main Entry:	high seas
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	open sea
Synonyms:	high sea, international waters, open ocean, seven seas

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Main Entry:	deep blue sea
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	the open ocean
Synonyms:	high seas, ocean, open sea, sea, the brine, the briny deep, the deep, the deep sea, the seven seas

Main Entry:	open sea
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	open ocean waters
Synonyms:	high seas, international waters, ocean blue, the briny deep

Main Entry:	deep
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	the sea
Synonyms:	Davy Jones's locker, Poseidon's realm, blue, brine, briny, drink, main, middle, ocean, the high seas

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Main Entry:	ocean
Part of Speech:	noun
Related Adjectives:	abyssal, aequorial, autopelagic, bathyal, bathybic, benthic, benthopelagic, cisatlantic, cotidal, epeiric, euxine, grayslick, hadal, halimous, hydrographic, maricolous, marigenous, marine, oceanic, pelagic, pelagrian, seagoing, seasurrounded, spanipelagic, sublittoral, tidal, transmarine

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Concept:	Ocean
Category:	2. Fluid matter; specific fluids
Synonyms:	-nouns sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, "vasty deep"; wave, tide, (water in motion) [more]., hydrography, hydrographer; Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid; sea nymph, Siren; trident, dolphin. -adjectives oceanic; marine, maritime; pelagic, pelagian; seagoing; hydrographic; bathybic, cotidal. -adverbs at sea, on sea; afloat.
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