coral sea

1. 1.

   an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia

   Broadersea

   Part ofPacific
2. 2.

   a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers

   Synonymsbattle of the Coral Sea

   Broadernaval battle

   Part ofWorld War II

   Coral Sea

Questions about coral sea

What does coral sea mean?

coral sea means "an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for coral sea?

Close synonyms include battle of the Coral Sea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coral sea a common word?

coral sea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.