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open sea

open sea noun: that part of the sea out of sight of land.

Noun

open sea (countable and uncountable, plural open seas)

  1. That part of the sea out of sight of land.
    Synonyms:
    open ocean, main
  2. A sea open to all nations, i.e. not a mare clausum.

open sea meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

open sea in Tamil

திறந்த கடல்

open sea in Malayalam

part of the sea
നടുകടൽ naṭukaṭal

Synonyms of open sea

Forms of open sea

pluralopen seas

Origin of open sea

From Middle English open see, open se, equivalent to open + sea.

Questions about open sea

What does open sea mean?
Open sea means that part of the sea out of sight of land.
What is open sea in Tamil?
Open sea in Tamil is திறந்த கடல். See Open sea meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is open sea?
Open sea is a noun.
What is the plural of open sea?
The plural of open sea is open seas.

Words near open sea in the dictionary

  1. open relationships
  2. open road
  3. open rotor
  4. open sandwich
  5. open sandwiches
  6. open sea
  7. open seas
  8. open season
  9. open seasons
  10. open seating
  11. open secret

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Adapted from Wiktionary: open sea (page history and authors); open 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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