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- pronunciation:
- o
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 n
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
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When we talk about the ocean, we mean all or part of the salt water that covers most of the surface of the earth.
Many fish live only in the ocean and not in rivers or lakes.It can be hard to swim in the ocean when the waves are high.
- synonyms:
- sea
- similar words:
- drink, main
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| definition 2: |
If we talk about one ocean, we mean one part of all the vast area of salt water that covers the earth. We think of all this salt water as being divided into five areas--five different oceans--and we give each ocean its own name. There is the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the Southern Ocean. Each of these oceans is very, very large.
The U.S. state of Hawaii is made up of several islands in the Pacific Ocean.
- similar words:
- Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean
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| related words: |
gulf, mountain |
Ocean is from an ancient Greek word that means "great river surrounding the earth." Okeanos was the Greek god of the ocean.
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broader category including ocean |
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ecosystem, water |
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characteristic of the ocean |
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saltwater |
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land related to the ocean |
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beach, coast, seashore, shore |
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movements of the ocean |
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current, surf, tide, wave |
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see/see also ocean |
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water |
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some examples of oceans |
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Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean |
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some means of transportation in the ocean |
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boat, ship, vessel |
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some natural objects in the ocean |
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iceberg, reef |
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some parts of the ocean |
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bay, deep, fjord, gulf |
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some things that live in the ocean |
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barnacle, clam, coral, crab, dolphin, fish, lobster, oyster, porpoise, scallop, sea horse, snail, sponge, turtle, whale |
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