NOUN | object | ocean | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
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quantity | ocean, sea | anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume |
Sounds | ow'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere. | |
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Category of | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
shore | The land along the edge of a body of water | |
Instances | Antarctic Ocean | The southern waters surrounding Antarctica |
Arctic Ocean | ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole | |
Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean | The 2nd largest ocean | |
Indian Ocean | The 3rd largest ocean | |
Pacific, Pacific Ocean | The largest ocean in the world | |
Part of | hydrosphere | The watery layer of the earth's surface |
Narrower | deep | literary term for an ocean |
Broader | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
Spanish | mar, océano | |
Catalan | oceà | |
Adjectives | oceanic | relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean |
oceanic | constituting or living in the open sea | |
transoceanic | on or from the other side of an ocean |
Meaning | Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume. | |
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Synonym | sea | |
Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
Spanish | mar, océano | |
Catalan | mar, oceà | |
Adjectives | oceanic | resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree |
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