Ocean Depths Miles Beach House Amount Great Noun

• 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.

ocean

1. 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
• Ocean levels are rising.
2. one of the five large areas that the ocean is divided into
• the Antarctic/Arctic/Atlantic/Indian/Pacific Ocean
• A swimmer drowned in the sea/ocean this morning.
• the Mediterranean Sea
• the Atlantic Ocean.
• We’re spending a week by the sea/at the ocean in June.
• We’re going to the beach for vacation.
3. to attempt to do something very difficult or impossible
• Don't try to boil the ocean by supporting every device imaginable.
4. an amount of something that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation
• The amount of money raised was a drop in the ocean compared to what we needed.
5. a large amount of something

Extra Examples

• Before him lay the vast, endless ocean.
• Various toxic substances have been dumped in the ocean.
• a beach house overlooking the ocean
• a life on the ocean wave
• a vessel which can explore the depths of the great oceans
• exploring the depths of the three great oceans
• great ships that sailed the oceans of the world
• penguins of the southern oceans
• the darkness of the ocean depths
• trade across the Atlantic Ocean
• Our beach house is just a few miles from the ocean.
• The ship was dredged from the depths of the ocean.
• the Antarctic/Arctic/Atlantic/Indian/Pacific Ocean
• the Pacific Ocean

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French occean, via Latin from Greek ōkeanos ‘great stream encircling the earth's disc’. “The ocean” originally referred to the whole body of water thought to encompass the earth's single land mass.