KARA SEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kara Sea mean? 

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

1. part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KARA SEA (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)