DEAD SEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dead Sea mean? 

• DEAD SEA (noun)
  The noun DEAD SEA has 1 sense:

1. a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level

  Familiarity information: DEAD SEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEAD SEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Dead Sea" is a part of...):

Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Jordan (an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea)

 Context examples 

Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini mission have firm evidence the ocean inside Saturn's largest moon, Titan, might be as salty as Earth's Dead Sea.

(Ocean on Saturn moon could be as salty as the Dead Sea, NASA)