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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a body of land smaller than a continent and completely surrounded by water.
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| definition 2: |
something that resembles such a body of land, in being isolated from other matter, growth, or objects of its kind.
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| definition 3: |
an area set apart, usu. on a raised surface, for specialized operations, such as the platform in a service station on which the gasoline pumps are set.
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key |
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| derivation: |
islandlike (adj.) |
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