ocean
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,228 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,844 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
- anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume also: sea
ocean in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Over the awful ocean Her signal guns pealed out.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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Buffeted about the obstreperous ocean, Fleeted his life, if lagged his promotion.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Beyond the darkening ocean burned The bloody sunset’s embers, While the Crimean valleys learned How English love remembers.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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When he awoke, he found that the boat was floating on the black, glassy surface of an immense underground ocean.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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It may be earth, sea or ocean; we were evidently whisked along in a storm while we were out of our heads.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1