Sargasso Sea
noun
a relatively calm area of water in the N Atlantic, NE of the West Indies.
Example sentences from the Web for sargasso sea
We are nearing the Sargasso-sea,—entering the path of the trade-winds.
Two Years in the French West Indies |Lafcadio Hearn
British Dictionary definitions for sargasso sea
Sargasso Sea
noun
a calm area of the N Atlantic, between the Caribbean and the Azores, where there is an abundance of floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum