GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gulf of St. Lawrence mean? 

• GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE (noun)
  The noun GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE has 1 sense:

1. an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Gulf of Saint Lawrence; Gulf of St. Lawrence

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Gulf of St. Lawrence" 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)