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Atoll
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Atoll
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Atoll has 1 sense
- atoll(n = noun.object) Array - an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon; Array has particulars: bikini, eniwetok, kwajalein, midway islands
is a kind of coral reef
CIDE DICTIONARY
Atoll, n. [The native name in the Indian Ocean.].
A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Atoll, n. a ring-shaped coral reef enclosing a lagoon.
Etymology
Maldive atolu
THESAURUS
Atoll
ait, archipelago, bar, cay, continental island, coral head, coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group, islandology, isle, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank, sandbarROGET THESAURUS
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Island
N island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker, archipelago, islander, insular, seagirt, archipelagic, Fluids in Motion.
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