OCEAN
What does "OCEAN" mean?
A vast continuous body of salt water covering most of Earth's surface.
Meanings
- The continuous mass of salt water covering about 71% of Earth's surface. Two thirds of the planet is ocean, yet most of it has never been seen.
- A very great quantity or expanse of something. After the layoffs he had oceans of time. figurative
Did you know?
- The ocean makes more than half the oxygen you breathe - most of it from microscopic drifting phytoplankton, not from trees.
"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, we are going back from whence we came."— John F. Kennedy
Word origin
From Greek 'Okeanos', the great river the Greeks believed encircled the Earth; into Latin 'oceanus', Old French 'occean', then English.
Remember it
O-C-E-A-N: the C in the middle is the 'sea' the word is named for.
A little poem
Salt breathing slowly-
the moon hauls the whole grey weight
up the sand, and back.
haiku
Wordplay
- What did the sea say to the shore? Nothing - it just waved.
What it teaches
Judge nothing by its surface: most of what holds you up is depth you will never see.
Quick facts
What does OCEAN mean?
A vast continuous body of salt water covering most of Earth's surface.
Is OCEAN a valid word?
Yes — OCEAN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OCEAN?
OCEAN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does OCEAN come from?
From Greek 'Okeanos', the great river the Greeks believed encircled the Earth; into Latin 'oceanus', Old French 'occean', then English.
What can OCEAN teach us?
Judge nothing by its surface: most of what holds you up is depth you will never see.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.