1 (usually the ocean) [sing.] (especially AmE) the mass of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface:
the depths of the ocean * People were swimming in the ocean despite the hurricane warning. * The plane hit the ocean several miles offshore. * Our beach house is just a couple of miles from the ocean. * an ocean liner / voyage * Ocean levels are rising.
2 (usually Ocean) [C] one of the five large areas that the ocean is divided into:
the Antarctic / Arctic / Atlantic / Indian / Pacific Ocean -< SEA
IDIOMS
an ocean of sth (BrE also oceans of sth) (informal) a large amount of sth:
oceans of food
moreatDROPn.
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