sea-duty

1. 1.

   naval service aboard a ship at sea

   Synonymsservice abroadshipboard duty

   Broaderassignment

Questions about sea-duty

What does sea-duty mean?

sea-duty means "naval service aboard a ship at sea".

How many syllables are in sea-duty?

sea-duty has 4 syllables: se-a--du-ty. The stress falls on "a-".

What is another word for sea-duty?

Close synonyms include service abroad, shipboard duty. 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 sea-duty a common word?

sea-duty is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.