ocean : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ocean	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ocean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ocean n a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume Synonym(s): ocean, sea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ocean \O"cean\, n. [F. oc[82]an, L. oceanus, Gr.[?] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ocean \O"cean\, a. Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ocean, NJ Zip code(s): 07712