ocean

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈoʊ.ʃən/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

Singular ocean

Plural oceans

The blue part is the ocean

1. (countable) An ocean is a large area of salt water.

   My great grandfather came across the Atlantic ocean from Scotland to Canada in 1882 on a sailing ship.

   She stood on a beach in Japan and looked east at the sun coming up over the Pacific ocean.

See also

• sea