islands
Meaning of islands
- a piece of land surrounded by water.
the island of Crete
this island nation
- a thing regarded as resembling an island, especially in being isolated, detached, or surrounded in some way.
he is an island of inspiration in a sea of sadness
- a detached portion of tissue or group of cells.
Old English īegland, from īeg ‘island’ (from a base meaning ‘watery, watered’) + land. The change in the spelling of the first syllable in the 16th century was due to association with the unrelated word isle.
Information about islands
- It is a name.
- The singular form of islands is: island.
- Languages in which islands is used:
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Hyphenation of islands
is-lands
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- islands is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
islands synonyms
Meaning an island or peninsula, especially a small one:
Meaning a small island:
Meaning a ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral:
Meaning a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it:
Meaning a low bank or reef of coral, rock, or sand, especially one on the islands in Spanish America:
Meaning a small island in a river:
Meaning an islet, especially in a river or near a mainland:
Meaning a reef or rocky island:
Meaning an extensive group of islands:
Meaning a series of linked metal rings used for fastening or securing something, or for pulling loads:
Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:
islands antonyms
Meaning a large continuous extent of land that includes the greater part of a country or territory, as opposed to offshore islands and detached territories:
Meaning any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, Antarctica):
Words that rhyme with islands
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