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SEA PURSE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea purse mean?

• SEA PURSE (noun)
The noun SEA PURSE has 1 sense:

1. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

Familiarity information: SEA PURSE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEA PURSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

sea purse; sea puss; sea-poose; sea-purse; sea-puss; undertow

Hypernyms ("sea purse" is a kind of...):

undercurrent; undertide (a current below the surface of a fluid)

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