Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ice-clogged body of water between Greenland and the eastern islands of Canada's Arctic Archipelago, including Ellesmere, Devon, and Baffin Islands. It connects with the Arctic Ocean to the north and west and with the Atlantic Ocean to the south by way of Davis Strait.
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- proper noun A
sea betweenGreenland andNunavut .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a body of water between Greenland and northeastern Canada; connected with the Arctic Ocean to the north and with the Atlantic Ocean (via the Labrador Sea) to the south; icebound in winter
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Examples
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Cairn said the 3D seismic data acquired over parts of southern Greenland and on the Pitu block in Baffin Bay are being processed, with results of both surveys expected next year.
Cairn Abandons Two Greenland Wells Konstantin Rozhnov 2011
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We were to travel to the floe edge, where the frozen inlet gave way to the waters of Baffin Bay that separate Canada from Greenland.
In the Arctic, Sleeping Soundly Sean Silcoff 2011
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Friday, with landfall following around midnight between Matagorda Bay to the north and Baffin Bay to the south.
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Friday, with landfall following around midnight between Matagorda Bay to the north and Baffin Bay to the south.
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The Eskimos of Baffin Bay create elaborate webs in their games of Cat's Cradle.
Donna Henes: Connecting To The World Wide Web Of Life Donna Henes 2011
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Don was downgraded to a tropical depression as what remained of it came ashore in a sparsely populated area of ranch lands near Baffin Bay late Friday.
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The Eskimos of Baffin Bay create elaborate webs in their games of Cat's Cradle.
Donna Henes: Connecting To The World Wide Web Of Life Donna Henes 2011
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Cairn announced Tuesday that the first of the two exploration wells it is drilling in Baffin Bay, between Canada and Greenland, had found natural gas, indicating the presence "of an active hydrocarbon system."
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The coastal warning covered Baffin Bay and 100 miles south to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Hurricane Alex 2010: First Atlantic Hurricane Of The Season 2010
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The hurricane warnings extend from Baffin Bay, Texas south across the mouth of the Rio Grande river to La Cruz, Mexico.
Growing Swath Of Gulf Coast At Risk As Tropical Storm Alex Approaches 2010
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