HyperDic: united_states_waters

English > 1 sense of the expression *United States waters*:
NOUN	object	United States waters, U.S. waters	territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories

English > *United States waters*: 1 sense > noun 1, object
Meaning	territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories.
Synonym	U.S. waters
Instance of	territorial waters	The waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction