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Great expanse
Answer for the clue "Great expanse ", 5 letters:
ocean
Alternative clues for the word ocean
Word definitions for ocean in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., from Old French occean "ocean" (12c., Modern French océan ), from Latin oceanus , from Greek okeanos , the great river or sea surrounding the disk of the Earth (as opposed to the Mediterranean ), of unknown origin. Personified as Oceanus , son ...
Usage examples of ocean.
In the sudden brightness he saw Abraxas, first screaming in terror as the ocean rushed toward him, then pitching with the force of the water.
During their acquaintanceship aboard the Laurentic, each had learned that the others were accustomed to ocean travel.
Ever since the rash but successful enterprise of the Franks under the reign of Probus, their daring countrymen had constructed squadrons of light brigantines, in which they incessantly ravaged the provinces adjacent to the ocean.
Right now, my twin lies to the Council, saying that you threw me into the ocean and that I am adrift at sea, clinging to a bit of wood.
Pacino waited for the deck to vibrate with the energy of 52,000-shaft horsepower back aft pushing them through the ocean.
The relative decline in politico-economic influence of the Northern Hemisphere during the later twentieth century, the shift of civilized dominance to a Southeast Asia-Indian Ocean region with more resources, did not, as alarmists at the time predicted, spell the end of Western civilization.
The album, Earth Songst Ocean Song, was produced by Tony Visconti, whom she married in 1971.
Looking out over the water, Alec again tried to imagine how big an ocean must be to outstrip this.
On each wall was painted a fantasy mural of the sea, so that it appeared as if they were dining alfresco, on a calm ocean during a bright afternoon, surrounded by graceful sailboats.
There, they ate lunch at a seafood shack on Almar Avenue, with outdoor tables, and went for a long walk along West Cliff Drive and out onto the ocean view point before heading back into San Francisco.
Some of these, such as the rise of the Altiplano from the floor of the ocean, certainly took place in remote geological ages, before the advent of human civilization.
Sometime in the past the entire Altiplano, with its lakes, rose from the bottom of the ocean .
She gestured to the right, to where the rest of the Ama fleet was spread out over the ocean.
Other authorities have suggested that the angiosperms originated along estuaries and bays as the ocean waters flooded the continents.
He saw that he was on the highest point of the island,a statue on this vast pedestal of granite, nothing human appearing in sight, while the blue ocean beat against the base of the island, and covered it with a fringe of foam.