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KARA SEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
Meronyms (parts of "Kara Sea"):
Bay of Ob; Gulf of Ob (an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia)
Holonyms ("Kara Sea" is a part of...):
Arctic Ocean (ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs)