an area of the North Sea, about 70 miles (110 kilometres) off the coast of northeast England, where the sea is not very deep because there is a largesandbank under the water. A lot of boats go there to catch fish.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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