sea

noun
sē

A large body of salt water.

Other meanings

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

A kind of

body of water

Example sentences

“Sea levels are going to rise drastically.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“The sea speaks to those who listen.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“My city is near the sea.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "sǣ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sea” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.