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sea

 
 
/siː/ noun

Translation

[C, U] a large area of salt water
deniz
I'd like to live by the sea. We went swimming in the sea. It was our third day at sea (= travelling on the sea). It's cheaper to send parcels by sea (= on a ship).1526
Sea a particular area of salt water
...Denizi
the North Sea the Black Sea1526
a sea of sth a large number of something
yığın, küme, kalabalık
He looked across the room and saw a sea of faces.1812
(Definition of sea noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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