BISMARCK SEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bismarck Sea mean? 

• BISMARCK SEA (noun)
  The noun BISMARCK SEA has 2 senses:

1. an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago

2. a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943

  Familiarity information: BISMARCK SEA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BISMARCK SEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)

Domain member region:

battle of the Bismarck Sea; Bismarck Sea (a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of the Bismarck Sea; Bismarck Sea

Instance hypernyms:

naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)

Domain region:

Bismarck Sea (an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago)

Holonyms ("Bismarck Sea" is a part of...):

Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)