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Meaning: Water containing salts Classified under: Nouns denoting substances Synonyms: Context example: the water in the ocean is all saltwater Hypernyms ("seawater" is a kind of...): H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent) Meronyms (substance of "seawater"): atomic number 35; Br; bromine (a nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water) atomic number 53; I; iodin; iodine (a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)) atomic number 19; K; potassium (a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite) atomic number 11; Na; sodium (a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)) common salt; sodium chloride (a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)) calcium chloride (a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent) evaporite (the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seawater"): red tide (seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin) "A miss is as good as a mile." (English proverb) "Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts." (Native American proverb, Hopi) "Eat less food to find more sleep." (Arabic proverb) "Think before you begin." (Dutch proverb) Useful links: Definition of atomic number 35 Definition of Br Pronunciation of I Definition of iodine Definition of evaporite
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