sea line
- noun
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línea del horizonte
- They watched the sun slowly sink below the sea line in the evening.
Examples
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The sea line was barely visible at sunset.
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As the storm cleared, a rainbow stretched across the sea line.
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The ship appeared as a tiny dot on the distant sea line at sunrise.
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Can you see the sea line from the top of the hill?
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As the storm cleared, a rainbow stretched across the sea line.
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The ship appeared as a tiny dot on the distant sea line at sunrise.
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They watched the sun slowly sink below the sea line in the evening.
Synonyms
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A line far away where the sky looks like it meets the earth or sea
A line where the sky and sea or land seem to meet when you look out
The line where the sky and land or sea seem to meet
The line where the earth and sky seem to meet
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the apparent line on the horizon where the surface of the sea seems to meet the sky' is directly and compositionally derived from 'sea' (a body of water) and 'line' (a dividing or marking line). This follows a transparent noun+noun compound logic that a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer, even if the exact collocation is not very frequent.
Etymology
Sea line comes from the clear visual 'line' where the sea seems to meet the sky. Sailors and travellers watched that visible line as the horizon, so the phrase now means the apparent meeting point of sea and sky.