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cay
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cay has 1 sense
- cay(n = noun.object) florida key, key - a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida; Array is a part of everglade state, fl, florida, sunshine state
is a kind of coral reef
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cay, n. a low insular bank or reef of coral, sand, etc. (cf. KEY(2)).
Etymology
Sp. cayo shoal, reef f. F quai: see QUAY
THESAURUS
cay
ait, archipelago, atoll, bar, continental island, coral head, coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group, islandology, isle, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank, sandbar
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