Dead Sea
7
3.5
- proper noun
- /dɛd si/
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Mar Muerto
- How are the uses for water different when comparing the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee?
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Dead Sea solution
- Dead Sea saline
OK, the Dead Sea is also fed by the Jordan River.
- OK, the Dead Sea is also fed by the Jordan River.
- Generally speaking, what's so special about the Dead Sea?
- Now that our pores are nice and open, we are taking the Dead Sea mud and rubbing it all over our bodies.
- Anyone who's been to Israel or to the Dead Sea will will know that along the cliffs they're literally honeycombed with thousands and thousands of caves.
- Because the Dead Sea is the Dead Sea because it takes, but it doesn't give.
- Ahava Dead Sea salt natural Dead Sea bath salts.
- And and that that word Yao in Greek shows up in the oldest manuscripts from the Dead Sea region.
Examples
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Meanwhile, downstream lies the fabled Dead Sea—the lowest-lying and saltiest lake on Earth, and the Jordan's final destination.
Academic text (2007) -
The Jordan then continues its journey southward to the Dead Sea.
Academic text (2007) -
On the other side of the Dead Sea, Israel started out well.
Blog text (28) -
OK, the Dead Sea is also fed by the Jordan River.
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Just like the Dead Sea in Israel, you can float on this lake too.
Blog text (27) -
Historically, the Dead Sea has always been a very salty lake.
Academic text (1996) -
How are the city of Jericho and the Dead Sea area alike in terms of climate and elevation?
Academic text (2001) -
Ramirez and Amos walk along the road that runs straight along the Dead Sea.
Fiction book (1997) -
Anyone who's been to Israel or to the Dead Sea will will know that along the cliffs they're literally honeycombed with thousands and thousands of caves.
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At 1,300 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea is known as the lowest point on Earth.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name 'Dead Sea' is directly interpretable from 'dead' + 'sea' because it denotes a sea where few or no organisms live (due to extreme salinity), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the basic meaning (a very salty, lifeless body of water). This compound is cross-linguistically transparent (e.g., Mar Muerto, Mer Morte, 死海), though full geographic or scientific details would require additional background knowledge.
Etymology
Dead Sea got its name because its water is so salty that almost no fish or plants can live there. So the word dead was used to mean 'no life', and the name now means the very salty lake between Israel and Jordan.