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    HIGH SEA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nationplay

    Synonyms:

    high sea; international waters

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("high sea" is a kind of...):

    body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

    Holonyms ("high sea" is a part of...):

    briny; main (any very large body of (salt) water)

    Antonym:

    territorial waters (the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction)

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