ocean
n.
one of the large bodies of water covering the Earth (i.e. Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans); large quantity; great distance
Ocean
ocean
Noun
1. a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
(hypernym) body of water, water
(hyponym) Antarctic Ocean
(part-holonym) hydrosphere
(class) body of water, water
2. anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
(synonym) sea
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
océan (m)
n.
ocean, one of the large bodies of water covering the Earth (i.e. Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans)
Ocean
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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