OCEAN

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


Etymology

Proper noun

Ocean

A female given name from English of modern usage.

Anagrams

• canoe

Etymology

Noun

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).

Synonyms

• (large body of water): the ogin (UK)

Hyponyms

• Antarctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Austral Ocean

• German Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• South Polar Ocean

• Southern Ocean

Anagrams

• 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



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