 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ocean
noun
1: a large body of water constituting a principal part of the
hydrosphere
2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn: {sea}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), noun [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.
'wkeano's ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to
encompass the earth.]
1. 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}.
Like the odor of brine from the ocean
Comes the thought of other years. --Longfellow.
2. 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.
3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --Locke.
You're gonna need an ocean
Of calamine lotion. --Lieber &
Stoller
(Poison Ivy:
song lyrics,
1994)
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), adjective
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean
waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "ocean":
abundance, acres, bags, barrels, blue, brine, briny, bushel,
copiousness, countlessness, deep, drink, flood, gobs, high seas,
load, loads, lots, main, mass, mountain, much, multitude,
numerousness, oceans, oodles, peck, plenitude, plenty, plethora,
profusion, quantities, quantity, scads, sea, spate, superabundance,
superfluity, the briny, the deep, the depths, tons, volume, world,
worlds
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
OCEAN, noun A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made
for man -- who has no gills.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ocean, NJ
Zip code(s): 07712
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Ocean -- U.S. County in New Jersey
Population (2000): 510916
Housing Units (2000): 248711
Land area (2000): 636.276111 sq. miles (1647.947493 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 279.602257 sq. miles (724.166491 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 915.878368 sq. miles (2372.113984 sq. km)
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 39.918818 N, 74.210903 W
Headwords:
Ocean
Ocean, NJ
Ocean County
Ocean County, NJ
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