ocean
One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
Noun 4 meanings
One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
Water belonging to an ocean.
“The island is surrounded by ocean”
An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
“the boundless ocean of eternity”
A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
Etymology
From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin Ōceanus, originally from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity). Displaced native Old English gārseċġ.
OCEAN at a glance
OCEAN has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (O 1 + C 3 + E 1 + A 1 + N 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,998 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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