INTERNATIONAL WATERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does international waters mean? 

• INTERNATIONAL WATERS (noun)
  The noun INTERNATIONAL WATERS has 1 sense:

1. the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

  Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL WATERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNATIONAL WATERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

high sea; international waters

Hypernyms ("international waters" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

Holonyms ("international waters" is a part of...):

briny; main (any very large body of (salt) water)

Antonym:

territorial waters (the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction)

 Context examples 

Japan is the only country that practises whaling in international waters.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)