SEVEN SEAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seven seas mean? 

• SEVEN SEAS (noun)
  The noun SEVEN SEAS has 1 sense:

1. an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world

  Familiarity information: SEVEN SEAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEVEN SEAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An informal expression for all of the oceans of the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

the old salt had sailed the seven seas

Hypernyms ("seven seas" 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))