English > body of water: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean). |
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| Synonym | water |
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| Category | lake | A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
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| ocean | A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
| river | A large natural stream of water (larger / larger than a creek) |
| Part of | hydrosphere | The watery layer of the earth's surface |
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| surface, Earth's surface | The outermost level of the land or sea |
| Narrower | backwater | A body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam |
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| bay, embayment | An indentation of a shoreline larger / larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf |
| channel | A deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger / larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels |
| drink | Any large deep body of water |
| estuary | The wide part of a river where it nears the sea |
| flowage | A body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area |
| ford, crossing | A shallow area in a stream that can be forded |
| gulf | An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land |
| high sea, international waters | The open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation |
| inlet, recess | An arm off of a larger / larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) |
| lake | A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
| main, briny | Any very large body of (salt) water |
| mid-water | The water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom |
| ocean | A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
| offing | The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area |
| polynya | A stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas) |
| pool, puddle | A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid / liquid |
| sea | A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land |
| seven seas | An informal expression for all of the oceans of the world |
| shoal, shallow | A stretch of shallow water |
| sound | A large ocean inlet or deep bay |
| stream, watercourse | A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
| territorial waters | The waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction |
| waterfall, falls | A steep descent of the water of a river |
| waterway | A navigable body of water |
| Broader | thing | A separate and self-contained entity |
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| Substances | water, H2O | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid / liquid |
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| Spanish | agua, masa de agua |
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| Catalan | aigua, cos d'aigua, massa d'aigua |
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