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atlantic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun atlantic has 1 sense
- atlantic(n = noun.object) atlantic ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east; Array has parts: bermuda, bermudas, bermuda triangle, cape verde islands, falkland islands, the indies, west indies, greenland, gronland, kalaallit nunaat, newfoundland, british isles, faeroe islands, faeroes, faroe islands, faroes, iceland, orkney islands, shetland, shetland islands, zetland, democratic republic of sao tome and principe, sao thome e principe, sao tome and principe, sao tome e principe, st. thomas and principe, tenerife, antarctic ocean, atlantic coast, bay of biscay, bay of fundy, biscayne bay, bristol channel, buzzards bay, chesapeake bay, delaware bay, english channel, galway bay, gulf of guinea, golfo de mexico, gulf of mexico, gulf of saint lawrence, gulf of st. lawrence, labrador sea, long island sound, massachusetts bay, mid-atlantic ridge, new york bay, north atlantic, north sea, norwegian sea, penobscot bay, sargasso sea, south atlantic, windward passage
is a kind of ocean
Derived form adjective atlantic1
Adjective atlantic has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis. [1913 Webster]
- Descended from Atlas. [1913 Webster]"The seven Atlantic sisters." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
atlantic, n. & adj.
--n. the ocean between Europe and Africa to the east, and America to the west.
--adj. of or adjoining the Atlantic.
--n. the ocean between Europe and Africa to the east, and America to the west.
--adj. of or adjoining the Atlantic.
Idiom
Atlantic Time the standard time used in the most eastern parts of Canada and Central America.
Etymology
ME f. L Atlanticus f. Gk Atlantikos (as ATLAS, -IC): orig. of the Atlas Mountains, then of the sea near the W. African coast
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