ocean Definition

the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth

any of the large bodies of water (such as the Atlantic Ocean) into which the great ocean is divided

a very large or unlimited space or quantity

any of several marine scorpaenid food fishes (genus Sebastes):

redfish; also : a related food fish (S. fasciatus)

one (S. alutus) abundant in the northeastern Pacific from Japan to the Bering Sea to southern California

a large bony fish (Mola mola of the family Molidae, order Tetraodontiformes) having high dorsal and anal fins and a body nearly oval in outline and attaining a length of 10 feet (3 meters) and a weight in excess of 2 tons (1.8 metric tons)

resort town on a 10-mile (16-kilometer) long barrier island facing the Atlantic in southeastern Maryland population 7102

an elevated region with a central valley on an ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates where new crust forms from upwelling magma

ocean north of the Arctic Circle

ocean separating North and South America from Europe and Africa area 31,814,640 square miles (82,399,918 square kilometers), often divided into the North Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean

British colony in the Indian Ocean comprising the Chagos Archipelago and formerly Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches islands (returned to Seychelles 1976) area 23 square miles (60 square kilometers)

ocean east of Africa, south of Asia, west of Australia, and north of Antarctica area about 28,350,500 square miles (73,427,795 square kilometers)