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ocean

Definition

  • noun: the salt water that covers much of the Earth's surface
  • noun: the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth
  • often used with 'the'
  • synonyms: set, ogin

Examples

  • The ship quickly sank to the bottom of 'the ocean'.

  • We've sailed across hundreds of miles of 'ocean'.

  • There's a storm moving in from 'the ocean'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) compared to Odin's will? Do you know which of all the oceans is the widest? The Poison Sea. No. The ocean between a Christian and a heathen. Our hands can reach across it as easily as that. But that's just a joining of the flesh. (..)
    1958 The Vikings