Ocean | Mean of ocean in English Dictionary

/ˈoʊʃən/

• Noun
• the salt water that covers much of the Earth's surface
1. We've sailed across hundreds of miles of ocean.
2. They lived near the ocean. [=the sea]
3. He had never seen the ocean before.
4. There's a storm moving in from the ocean.
5. The ship quickly sank to the bottom of the ocean.
6. the deepest parts of the ocean
7. the ocean floor/bottom/surface
8. the salty ocean air
9. ocean fish
10. an ocean voyage/liner
• one of the five large areas of salt water that cover much of the Earth's surface
1. the Atlantic Ocean
2. the Pacific and Indian oceans
3. the Arctic/Antarctic Ocean
• a very large number or amount of something
1. an ocean of sadness
2. oceans of time [=lots of time]