ISLAND

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, or a holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, e.g. the Philippines.

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island

Noun

  1. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
  2. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
    an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)
    an island of colour on a butterfly's wing
  3. A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck
  4. A traffic island.
    the island in the middle of a roundabout

Verb

  1. To surround with water; make into an island
  2. To set, dot (as if) with islands
  3. To isolate


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