sea
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- pronunciation:
- si
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- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
The sea is the salt water that covers most of the earth. All of the oceans are part of the sea.
Some fish can only be found in the sea. They cannot live in rivers and lakes.
- similar words:
- ocean
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| definition 2: |
A sea is what we call a large body of salt water with land near or around it. Sometimes it is part of an ocean near land. Sometimes it is like a lake, but it is much larger and it has salt water instead of water you can drink.
The Black Sea is a sea between Europe and Asia. It is connected to a bigger sea called the Mediterranean. The water in the Black Sea is not really black, but in winter storms, the water can look black to people sailing on it.Puerto Rico is an island in a beautiful sea near Mexico and South America. The sea is called the Caribbean.
- similar words:
- gulf
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| definition 3: |
When we talk about a sea of things or people, we mean a huge number of them. If someone has a sea of troubles, they have a lot of troubles.
We looked down at the sea of people gathering for the festival.- similar words:
- pile
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The words
seas,
sees, and
seize sound alike but have different meanings.