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

  • (..) to the whole crew. We'll sing it all the time. You'll be the most fearsome pirate in the Spanish Main. Not just the Spanish Main, love. The entire ocean. The entire world. Wherever we want to go, we go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a deck and sails. (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • (..) Hands, come about! Run out the guns! We are to fire on our own ship, sir? I'd rather see her at the bottom of the ocean than in the hands of a pirate. Commodore, he's disabled the rudder chain, sir. Abandon ship! That's got to be the best pirate (..)
    2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl