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- 1. the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses: "a ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea" Similar Opposite
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SEA definition: 1. the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth, or a large area of salty…. Learn more.
The meaning of SEA is a great body of salt water that covers much of the earth; broadly : the waters of the earth as distinguished from the land and air. How to use sea in a sentence.
noun. the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface. a division of these waters, of considerable extent, more or less definitely marked off by land boundaries: the North Sea. one of the seven seas; ocean. a large lake or landlocked body of water.
noun. us / siː / uk / siː / Add to word list. A1 [ C or U ] the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth, or a large area of salty water, smaller than an ocean, that is partly or completely surrounded by land: the Mediterranean Sea. We went swimming in the sea.
A sea is a large body of salty water. There are particular seas and the sea. The sea commonly refers to the ocean, the wider body of seawater. Particular seas are either marginal seas, second-order sections of the oceanic sea (e.g. the Mediterranean Sea), or certain large, nearly landlocked bodies of water.
Definition of sea noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The sea is the salty water that covers about three-quarters of the Earth's surface. Most of the kids have never seen the sea. All transport operations, whether by sea, rail or road, are closely monitored at all times.
