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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

  • (..) delirious... ...and crawles up into this mud ... ...like the group of trees out there in the middle of nowhere ... ...just sticking up in this ocean of scrub ... ...and he found religion. At that moment... ...he told me... ...he found god. It turns out ... (..)
    2015 The Revenant