Definitions for: Ocean


[n] a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
[n] anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume



Webster (1913) Definition: O"cean, n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.? ocean, in
Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]
1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three
fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the
sea, or great sea.

Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the
thought of other years. --Longfellow.

2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great
ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.

3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --Locke.


O"cean, a.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean
waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.

Synonyms: sea

See Also: Antarctic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, body of water, deep, hydrosphere, Indian Ocean, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, water

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