Englishocean
noun
1
(the) sea;
informal the drink;
British, informal the briny;
North American, informal salt chuck;
literary the deep, the waves, the main, the foam, the profound;
New Zealand moana.
2 she had oceans of energy:
a lot, a great/large amount, a great/good deal, plenty, quantities, an abundance, a profusion;
informal lots, loads, heaps, bags, masses, stacks, oodles, tons, scads;
British, informal lashings, a shedload;
North American, informal gobs;
Australian, New Zealand, informal a swag;
vulgar slang a shitload;
North American, vulgar slang an assload.
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ocean Oxford Dictionary of English