English Explanatory Dictionary

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A geographic area and large gyre of mostly plastic marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean, the largest garbage patch in the world.

Word forms

Great Pacific Garbage Patch the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Etymology

great (“large in terms of size or importance”) + Pacific (“relating to the Pacific Ocean”) + garbage patch (“gyre of marine debris”)

Synonyms

Pacific Trash Vortex North Pacific Garbage Patch

Derived words

GPGP
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