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MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
ridge (a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean)
Holonyms ("Mid-Atlantic Ridge" is a part of...):
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)