GULF OF MEXICO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf of Mexico mean? 

• GULF OF MEXICO (noun)
  The noun GULF OF MEXICO has 1 sense:

1. an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico

  Familiarity information: GULF OF MEXICO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF OF MEXICO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Golfo de Mexico; Gulf of Mexico

Instance hypernyms:

gulf (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)

Meronyms (parts of "Gulf of Mexico"):

Galveston Bay (an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas to the south of Houston)

Gulf Coast (a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico)

Bay of Campeche; Golfo de Campeche; Gulf of Campeche (a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan)

Mobile Bay (a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; fed by the Mobile River)

Tampa Bay (an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida)

Holonyms ("Gulf of Mexico" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)

 Context examples 

Four types of fish should be avoided because of typically high mercury levels — tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico, shark, swordfish, and king mackerel.

(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)

A country in southern North America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, south of the US.

(Mexico, NCI Thesaurus)

Previously the largest Gulf of Mexico dead zone was measured in 2002, encompassing 8,497 square miles.

(Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured, NOAA)

It can grow so large that it blankets the surface of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from the west coast of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.

(Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World, NASA)

Previously unseen features include newly exposed continental connections across South America and Africa and new evidence for seafloor spreading ridges in the Gulf of Mexico.

(New map uncovers thousands of unseen seamounts on ocean floor, NSF)

Two years ago, the meat industry in the US was found to be responsible for a massive dead zone measuring more than 8,000 sq miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is the second largest human-caused hypoxic area in the world.

(2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone ‘above average’, NOAA)

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the worst spill in U.S. history.

(Oil Spills, NIH)

Increased dolphin deaths following the oil spill are part of the northern Gulf of Mexico unusual mortality event investigation.

(Deepwater Horizon oil spill contributed to high number of Gulf dolphin deaths, NOAA)

A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US.

(Mexico, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)