| NOUN | object | ocean | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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