Definition of ocean Ocean
/owˈʃʌn/ - [owshun] - o•cean
We found 15 definitions of ocean from 9 different sources.
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What does ocean mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: oceans |
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| ocean - a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere | ||
| body of water, water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" | ||
| hydrosphere the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor | ||
| deep literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep" | ||
| ocean - anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | ||
| sea | ||
| large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ocean (Noun)
One of the five large bodies of water separating the continents. - ocean (Noun)
Water belonging to an ocean. - ocean (Noun)
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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. - ocean (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. - ocean (n.)
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs. - ocean (a.)
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ocean
The mass of water occupying all of the Earth's surface not occupied by land, but excluding all lakes and inland seas.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ocean
ō′shan, n. the vast expanse of salt water that covers the greater part of the surface of the globe: one of its five great divisions (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic): any immense expanse or vast quantity.—adj. pertaining to the great sea.—n. O′cean-bā′sin, the depression of the earth's surface in which the waters of an ocean are contained.—adjs. Ocean′ian, pertaining to Oceania, which includes Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australasia, and Malaysia; Ocean′ic, pertaining to the ocean: found or formed in the ocean or high seas, pelagic: wide like the ocean.—ns.pl. Ocean′ic-is′lands, islands far from the mainland, situated in the midst of the ocean; Ocean′ides, marine molluscs or sea-shells.—ns. O′cean-lane (see Lane); Oceanog′rapher, one versed in oceanography.—adj. Oceanograph′ic.—ns. Oceanog′raphy, the scientific description of the ocean; Oceanol′ogy, the science of the ocean: a treatise on the ocean. [Fr.,—L. oceanus—Gr. ōkeanos, perh. from ōkys, swift.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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ocean
This term, in its largest sense, is the whole body of salt water which encompasses the globe, except the collection of inland seas, lakes, and rivers: in a word, that glorious type of omnipotent power, whether in calm or tempest:-- "Dark, heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity."
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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ocean
An old toper who is always soaked, has many a hard night along the coast, floats many a schooner, lashes himself into a fury because so frequently crossed, and has his barks in every port. At sea, the king of the elements; on shore, a mere surf.
Wikipedia 
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An Ocean is a large area of salt water between continents. Oceans are very big and they join smaller seas together. All oceans in the world can be thought of as one "ocean", because all the "oceans" are joined.
The ocean is blue because it reflects the color of the sky.
The biggest ocean is the Pacific Ocean. It covers 1/3 (one third) of the Earth's surface.
The Smallest ocean is the Arctic Ocean.
There is a 'new' ocean, the Southern Ocean. It is the combination of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans around Antarctica. It is also known as the Antarctic Ocean.
The deepest ocean is the Pacific ocean, with the deepest point being 36,200 feet deep.
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🔤- ocean, noun, singular of oceans.
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