Dead Sea

noun

a salt lake between Israel and Jordan: the lowest lake in the world. 46 miles (74 km) long; 10 miles (16 km) wide; 1293 feet (394 meters) below sea level.

Example sentences from the Web for dead sea

He dropped it into the wine glass which became a symbol of Broadway's dead-sea fruit.

Merton of the Movies |Harry Leon Wilson
And into that country that first treated me so well and then turned it to dead-sea fruit.

Fighting Byng |A. Stone
Tom kept silent, but he thought deeply, and he knew that Phils thanks would be as dead-sea apples to Shambler.

For the Honor of Randall |Lester Chadwick
But even Manfred cannot be blamed for this withering sterility, this dead-sea of ineptitude.

Suspended Judgments |John Cowper Powys

Dead-Sea Apism crying out, "Down with him; he is dangerous!"

Past and Present |Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for dead sea

Dead Sea

noun

a lake between Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank, now 420 m (1378 ft) below sea level; originally 390 m (1285 ft): the lowest lake in the world, with no outlet and very high salinity; outline, esp at the southern end, reduced considerably in recent years. Area: originally about 950 sq km (365 sq miles); by 2003 about 625 sq km (240 sq miles)

Cultural definitions for dead sea

Dead Sea

Salt lake on the border between Israel and Jordan.

notes for Dead Sea

Its shore, at approximately thirteen hundred feet below sea level, is the lowest point of dry land on Earth.

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Dead Sea

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