North Sea

American  

noun

1. an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 square miles (520,600 square kilometers); greatest depth, 1,998 feet (610 meters).

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North Sea British  

noun

1. Former name: German Ocean.  an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the N European mainland. Area: about 569 800 sq km (220 000 sq miles)

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North Sea Cultural  

1. Arm of the Atlantic Ocean northwest of central Europe.

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Oil was discovered under the sea floor in 1970.

Etymology

Origin of North Sea

Firsr recorded before 1000

Example Sentences

A flotilla of vessels were following the weakened animal at a distance, hoping to help guide it into the North Sea and toward the Atlantic Ocean, its natural habitat.

From Barron's

On a drizzly march afternoon, as a stiff breeze blows in off the North Sea, a handful of vans are parked along Scarborough's Royal Albert Drive.

From BBC

Even if the whale reaches the Baltic, rescuers believe it needs to swim on into the North Sea and then the Atlantic before it reaches its natural habitat.

From BBC

The leftover carbon dioxide will be stored deep beneath the North Sea in sedimentary bedrock and will gradually mineralize over time.

From The Wall Street Journal

He brushed aside suggestions that more oil drilling in the North Sea would make the UK more resilient.

From BBC