ocean
(noun) a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
ocean, sea
(noun) anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ocean
A female given name from English of modern usage.
• canoe
ocean (countable and uncountable, plural oceans)
(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
(uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
(figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
• (large body of water): the ogin (UK)
• Antarctic Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Austral Ocean
• German Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• South Polar Ocean
• Southern Ocean
• canoe
Source: Wiktionary
O"cean, n. Etym: [F. océan, L. oceanus, Gr.
1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea. Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the thought of other years. Longfellow.
2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs. Locke.
O"cean, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 March 2025
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
