ocean state

Questions about ocean state

What does ocean state mean?

ocean state means "a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state".

What is another word for ocean state?

Close synonyms include Rhode Island, Little Rhody, RI, R.I.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ocean state a common word?

ocean state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.