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cross sea

cross sea noun: a (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.

cross sea: a (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it...
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Noun

cross sea (plural cross seas)

  1. A (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.

cross sea meaning in Tamil

cross sea in Tamil

குறுக்கு அலைத்தொடர்

Forms of cross sea

pluralcross seas

Origin of cross sea

The swells of the waves, when they meet at right angles, form cross shapes.

Questions about cross sea

What does cross sea mean?
Cross sea means a (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
What is cross sea in Tamil?
Cross sea in Tamil is குறுக்கு அலைத்தொடர். See Cross sea meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cross sea?
Cross sea is a noun.
What is the plural of cross sea?
The plural of cross sea is cross seas.

Words near cross sea in the dictionary

  1. cross purposes
  2. cross resistance
  3. Cross River
  4. cross road
  5. cross roads
  6. cross sea
  7. cross seas
  8. cross section
  9. cross sectional
  10. cross sections
  11. cross someone's mind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross sea (page history and authors); cross sea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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