One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.
An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion or agitation of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.
(1) See OCEAN. (2) A large body of salt water, second in rank to an OCEAN, more or less LANDLOCKED and generally part of, or connected with, an OCEAN or a larger sea. (3) WAVES caused by wind at the place and time of observation. (4) State of the OCEAN or lake surface, in regard to WAVES.
A large wave is so called. Thus they say, A HEAVY SEA. It implies likewise the agitation of the ocean, as A GREAT SEA. It expresses the direction of the waves, as A HEAD SEA. A LONG SEA means a uniform and steady motion of long extensive waves; a SHORT SEA, on the contrary, is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted.
a large body of water partly or nearly surrounded by land. It is often a part of an ocean which is larger than a gulf. Two seas, the Caspian and Aral are completely surrounded by land.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
One of the divisions of the oceans, especially if partly enclosed by land.
A sea is a large body of salty water that is often connected to an ocean. A sea may be partly or completely surrounded by land.
significant ecological asset. Six sites that were chosen because they are of regional, national and international importance for their ecological value, and there is concurrence that they are at risk and require improved water flow regimes. These sites are Barmah–Millewa Forest, Gunbower and Koondrook–Perricoota forests, Hattah Lakes, Chowilla Floodplain, Murray Mouth, Coorong and Lower Lakes, and the River Murray Channel.
a geographical division of an ocean
ocean or a smaller part of it
a large body of salt water, smaller than an ocean
Ocean or other body of water larger than a lake; state of agitation of any large body of water.
large body of salt water (gulf, ocean).
A subdivision of an ocean.
1) A body of salt water. A very large body of fresh water. 2) Any body of salt water when talking about its condition or describing the water around a boat. Heavy seas for example.