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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very large body of water |
| Synonyms: | Davy Jones's locker, Seven Seas, blue*, bounding main, brine, briny deep, briny, deep, drink*, high seas, main, pond, puddle, salt water, sea, seaway, sink, tide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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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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| Main Entry: | brine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salt solution |
| Synonyms: | alkali, blue, brackish water, deep, drink, marinade, ocean, pickling solution, preservative, saline, salt water, sea water, sodium chloride solution, vinegar |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pile, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | a lot, abundance, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, bank, batch, bulk, bunch, bundle, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, congeries, deposit, fullness, gathering, gobs, great deal, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, million, mint, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, scad, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, ton, total, trillion, volume, whole |
| Antonyms: | bit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity, often large |
| Synonyms: | abundance, aggregate, aggregation, amplitude, assortment, barrel, batch, body, bunch, bundle, circle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, conglomerate, conglomeration, consignment, crowd, great deal, group, heap, load, mass, mess*, much, multiplicity, number, ocean, oodles, order, pack, pile, plenitude, plenty, push, reams, requisition, scores, set, stack, stacks |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | multitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, commonalty, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, great number, heap, herd, horde, host, infinitude, infinity, jam*, legion, loads, lot, lots*, majority, mass, mob, much, myriad, number, numbers, ocean*, oodles*, people, plenitude, plurality, populace, proletariat, public, push*, quantity, scores, sea, slew, swarm, throng, turnout |
| Antonyms: | handful, portion, single, zero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heap, collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, assortment, bank, barrel, buildup, chunk, conglomeration, drift, gob, great deal, hill, hoard, hunk, jumble, lump, mass, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, pack, peck, pyramid, quantity, shock, stack, stockpile |
| Antonyms: | ditch, hole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large body of water; large mass |
| Synonyms: | Davy Jones's locker, abundance, blue*, bounding main, brine, briny deep, briny, deep, drink*, expanse, lake, main, multitude, number, ocean, plethora, pond, profusion, sheet, splash*, surf, swell, waves |
| Antonyms: | land |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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