ocean

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ocean
    n 1: a large body of water constituting a principal part of the
         hydrosphere
    2: anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume [syn:
       {ocean}, {sea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.
   'wkeano`s ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to
   encompass the earth.]
   1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three
      fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the
      {sea}, or {great sea}.
      [1913 Webster]

            Like the odor of brine from the ocean
            Comes the thought of other years.     --Longfellow.
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   2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great
      ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific,
      Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
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   3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
      apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
      ocean of affairs. --Locke.
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            You're gonna need an ocean
            Of calamine lotion.                   --Lieber &
                                                  Stoller
                                                  (Poison Ivy:
                                                  song lyrics,
                                                  1994)
      [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ocean \O"cean\ ([=o]"shan), a.
   Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean
   waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
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from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

OCEAN, n.  A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made
for man -- who has no gills.

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Ocean, NJ
  Zip code(s): 07712

from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

Ocean -- U.S. County in New Jersey
   Population (2000):    510916
   Housing Units (2000): 248711
   Land area (2000):     636.276111 sq. miles (1647.947493 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    279.602257 sq. miles (724.166491 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    915.878368 sq. miles (2372.113984 sq. km)
   Located within:       New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
   Location:             39.918818 N, 74.210903 W
   Headwords:
    Ocean
    Ocean, NJ
    Ocean County
    Ocean County, NJ

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "ocean":
      abundance, acres, bags, barrels, blue, brine, briny, bushel,
      copiousness, countlessness, deep, drink, flood, gobs, high seas,
      load, loads, lots, main, mass, mountain, much, multitude,
      numerousness, oceans, oodles, peck, plenitude, plenty, plethora,
      profusion, quantities, quantity, scads, sea, spate, superabundance,
      superfluity, the briny, the deep, the depths, tons, volume, world,
      worlds