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| 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 |
| Concept: | Ocean |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
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-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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