Толковый словарь английского языка - ocean
Ocean
ocean
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English occean, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from Greek Õkeanos, a river thought of as encircling the earth, ~ Date: 14th century 1. the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth, any of the large bodies of water (as the Atlantic Ocean) into which the great ~ is divided, a very large or unlimited space or quantity
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n. 1 a a large expanse of sea, esp. each of the main areas called the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans. b these regarded cumulatively as the body of water surrounding the land of the globe. 2 (usu. prec. by the) the sea. 3 (often in pl.) a very large expanse or quantity of anything (oceans of time). Phrases and idioms ocean-going (of a ship) able to cross oceans. ocean tramp a merchant ship, esp. a steamer, running on no regular line or route. Derivatives oceanward adv. (also -wards). Etymology: ME f. OF occean f. L oceanus f. Gk okeanos stream encircling the earth's disc, Atlantic ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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