An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream.
The great body of salt water which occupies two-thirds of the surface of the Earth, or one of its major subdivisions.
A body of saline water found occupying all or part of the Earth's ocean basins. There are five recognized oceans: the Atlantic, the Southern Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.
n. (ME. ocean oceanus, fr. Gr. okeanos, the ocean) the great body of salt water that covers mores than two thirds of the surface of the earth; any of its five principal geographical divisions, the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antartic.
In mythology the world is a disc circled by a stream of water, the god Oceanus, who is the father of the Oceanids, i.e. all the lesser rivers, streams, brooks, and rills that flow over the earth. Today ocean can refer to the entire body of salt water or any of its major divisions covering the globe.
the largest body of water on Earth. There are four oceans; the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic and all are connected.
o-shun A large expanse of sea, esp. each of the main areas called the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans
The salt water surrounding the great land masses, and divided by the land masses into several distinct portions, each of which is called an ocean.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
a huge body of salt water
a large area of salt water unobstructed by continents, while a sea is partially or entirely enclosed by land
a salty body of water that separates very large CONTINENTS or bodies of land
a sea of time You know what
A very large stretch of sea. The vast body of water on the surface of the globe that surrounds the land.
An ocean is a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent. Oceans cover more the two-thirds of the Earth's surface
one of the large bodies of water surrounding the continents
the largest water areas. The four oceans are the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific
A large expanse of sea. The oceans surrounding Canada are the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic.
An ocean is a vast body of salt water. Oceans cover more than three-quarters of the surface of the Earth. The oceans on Earth include the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. The ocean floors are composed mostly of basalt.
The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface.
Same thing as a sea - only bigger.
The intercommunicating body of salt water occupying the depressions of the earth's surface, or one of its major primary subdivisions, bounded by the continents, or the equator, and other imaginary lines. A sea is subdivision of an ocean.
1. The intercommunicating body of saltwater occupying the depressions of the earth's surface. 2. One of the major primary subdivisions of the above, bounded by continents, the equator, and other imaginary lines. See sea.
Oceans (from Okeanos in Greek) are saline waters that cover almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth. The area of the oceans is 361 million sq. km., and nearly half of the world's marine waters are over 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep. The average salinity of the Earth's oceans is around 35 parts per thousand (ppt), and nearly all seawater falls in the range of 31 to 38 ppt.