Collocations for "sea"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sea" in context.
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sea
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [blue, clear, transparent, crystalline] sea
- the deep blue sea
- a [rough, murky, calm, peaceful, choppy, stormy] sea
- the [Red, Dead, Caspian] Sea
- a [huge, vast, heavy] sea
- [sail, navigate, travel] the (Seven) Seas
- [sail] across the sea
- [dive, jump, leap] into the sea
- [work, live] at sea
- the goods were [sent, delivered] by sea
- can see the sea from [here, my window, the terrace]
- UK, slang: get in the sea!
- the sea is [full of, swarming with] sharks
- the [land, area, site] was reclaimed from the sea
- a [house, hotel, restaurant, station] by the sea
- the [senator] was all at sea over the [report, allegations, scandal]
- [boats, ships, jet skis, swimmers] in the sea
- [prawns, fish, salt] from the sea
- a sea of [faces, doubt, protest]
- the Sea of Tranquility
- sea [salt, breeze]
- sea [life, creatures, anemone, star, snake]
- sea levels are [rising, falling]
- [above, below] sea level
'sea' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Caribbean
- Morocco
- Spain
- a shell
- across
- angry
- ash
- backdrop
- bass
- beckon
- blue
- bob
- calm
- cargo
- change
- churn
- coast
- command
- cooling
- cove
- crossing
- crumble
- crystal
- current
- day
- deep
- depth
- descent
- devil
- die
- dip
- directly
- discovery
- disturbed
- dive
- diver
- diving
- drift
- drop
- drown
- dweller
- ebb
- eggplant
- element
- explore
- export
- fabulous
- face
- facing
- fathom