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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

  • (..) one week of the year, you get to leave the hospital and go here. Plum Island. Every day of that week you may walk on the beach, you may swim in the ocean, for up to one hour, under SWAT team surveillance, of course. And there you have it. A copy of the Buffalo Bill case file. (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs