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

  • (..) There's a debriefing packet waiting for you back at your apartment. Is there anything you can tell us about the Tesseract that we ought to know now? You should have left it in the ocean. Stark Tower is about to become a beacon of self-sustaining clean energy. Light her up. (..)
    2012 The Avengers
  • (..) I am. Trying to get me back in the world? Trying to save it. HYDRA's secret weapon. Howard Stark fished that out of the ocean when he was looking for you. He thought what we think. The Tesseract could be the key to unlimited sustainable energy. That's something (..)
    2012 The Avengers