Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun polynya

1 sense of polynya

Sense 1
polynya -- (a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas))
       => body of water, water -- (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge")