sea

About 87.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Semai.
2. noun A large body of salt water.

   The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.

3. noun The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
4. noun A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.

   The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.

5. noun A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.

   The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.

6. noun A single wave; billow.
7. noun The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
8. noun Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.

   Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.

Similar words

ocean oceanic deep-sea suboceanic oceangoing seagoing seafaring shipboard overseas offshore

Often followed by

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Word family

seas