1. dead sea - Noun
2. Dead sea - Proper noun
a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
Source: WordNetWhen I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. George Burns
The absence from the Dead Sea Scrolls of historical texts proper should not surprise us. Neither in the inter-Testamental period, nor in earlier biblical times, was the recording of history as we understand it a strong point among the Jews. Geza Vermes
The account of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the manuscripts are inaccurately designated, and of the half a century of intense research that followed, is in itself a fascinating as well as an exasperating story. Geza Vermes
My wife and I went to a hotel where we got a waterbed. My wife called it the Dead Sea. Henny Youngman
Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking. Edward Dahlberg
I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly. Cassandra Clare