sea
A large body of salt water.
Noun 4 meanings
A large body of salt water.
A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
“The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.”
A single wave; billow.
The swell of the sea, especially when high or rough.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi (“body of water”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz, itself either: * Derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey-wo- (“to be fierce, afflict”).
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SEA at a glance
SEA has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + A 1) and 3 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #896 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sea
All rhymes- NAUSEA6
- UNDERSEA9
- SUBSEA8
- OVERSEA10
- ASEA4
- ANTINAUSEA10
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