ocean
Plural: oceans
Noun
- A very large expanse of sea, covering Earth's surface.
- a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
- anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
- One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
- Water belonging to an ocean.
- An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
- A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
Examples
- an ocean of difference
- He wished for an ocean of high-scoring tiles, but settled for a puddle.
- the boundless ocean of eternity
- The island is surrounded by ocean
Origin / 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. Also commonly referred to as the ocean sea, the sea of ocean (compare Latin mare ōceanum; Old French mer oceane, occeanne mer). Compare Saterland Frisian Oceoan (“ocean”), West Frisian oseaan (“ocean”), Dutch oceaan (“ocean”), German Low German Ozeaan (“ocean”), German Ozean (“ocean”), Danish ocean (“ocean”), Swedish ocean (“ocean”), French océan (“ocean”), Italian oceano (“ocean”). Doublet of Oceanus/Okeanos.
Synonyms
sea, the ogin
Scrabble Score: 7
ocean: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordocean: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ocean: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary