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seaspray

seaspray noun: the water thrown into the air when waves break on the shore.

Noun

seaspray (usually uncountable, plural seasprays)

  1. (usually) The water thrown into the air when waves break on the shore.
    • A sheep that's been hanging on deck, curing in the seaspray, is roasted over an open fire.2009 April 4, Sam Wollaston, “Sam Wollaston on last night's TV: Top Dogs (BBC2)”, in The Guardian

Proper noun capitalized: Seaspray

Seaspray

  1. A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Forms of seaspray

pluralseasprays

Origin of seaspray

From sea + spray.

Questions about seaspray

What does seaspray mean?
Seaspray means the water thrown into the air when waves break on the shore.
What part of speech is seaspray?
Seaspray can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of seaspray?
The plural of seaspray is seasprays.

Words near seaspray in the dictionary

  1. seaspace
  2. seaspaces
  3. Seaspeak
  4. seaspider
  5. seaspiders
  6. seaspray
  7. seasprays
  8. seastained
  9. seastar
  10. seastar associated densovirus
  11. seastar associated densoviruses

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