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ANTARCTIC OCEAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The southern waters surrounding Antarctica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

ocean (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)

Holonyms ("Antarctic Ocean" is a part of...):

Antarctic; Antarctic Zone; South Frigid Zone (the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters)

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)

Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

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