ocean
noun
Origin
From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin Ōceanus, originally from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity).
Phrases
- a drop in the ocean
- boil the ocean
- brown ocean effect
- calm blue ocean
- drop in the ocean
- it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean
- mid-ocean ridge
- motion of someone's ocean
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