Island

Meaning of 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 colors 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
  5. An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.
  6. (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
verb
  1. To surround with water; make into an island.
  2. To set, dot (as if) with islands.
  3. To isolate.

Information about Island

Hyphenation of Island

Is-land

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Island is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Island synonyms

Meaning :

oasis, ait, holm, isle

Anagrams of Island

Ladins, Landis

Words that rhyme with Island

Land, land, Aland, Bananaland, Bechuanaland, Damaraland, Gondwanaland, Haland, Laaland, Nagaland, Namaland, Namaqualand, Nyasaland, Saraland, Yorubaland, Zealand, aland, gondwanaland, lealand, nyasaland, siestaland, zealand, Bland, bland, clubland, scabland, scrubland, shrubland, slobland, Fordland, Friedland, Goodland, Headland, Hurdland, Midland, Newfoundland, Nordland, Odland, adland, badland, birdland, bondland, cloudland, hadland, headland, husbandland, midland, mudland, newfoundland, oldland

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