ocean Definition

ocean
noun

1. The continuous expanse of salt water that covers about 70% of the Earth's surface and surrounds the continental land masses.

Thesaurus: high seas, the deep, the great waters (US), Neptune, the big pond (US slang), the abyss.
2. Any one of its five main divisions: the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic and Southern.
3. The sea.
4. A very large number, amount or expanse.

Example: oceans of wine
Form: oceans (often)

Etymology: 13c: from Latin oceanus, from Greek Okeanos the stream supposed by the ancients to run round the Earth.