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archipelago collapse: a group of many islands in a large body of water

cay collapse

atoll collapse: an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

isle collapse: a small island

island collapse: a zone or area resembling an island; a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

sandbank collapse: a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide

coral reef collapse: a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

sandbar collapse: a bar of sand

insularity collapse

reef collapse: a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water; reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef; roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area; lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"

insulate collapse: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

insular collapse: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"; suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels; relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"

key collapse: metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated; a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed; pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key"; something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is economic integration"; a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access; "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it"; a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations; a list of answers to a test; "some students had stolen the key to the final exam"; any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music; (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"; a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida; United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843); a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys of heroin"; harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"; regulate the musical pitch of; vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"; provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

heliport collapse: an airport for helicopters

premises collapse: land and the buildings on it; "bread is baked on the premises"; "the were evicted from the premises"

Milky Way collapse: the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky

island universe collapse

isolated collapse: not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"; under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients"; cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"

heartland collapse: the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture

regional accent collapse

glacier collapse: a slowly moving mass of ice

berg collapse: Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)

floe collapse

iceberg collapse: a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

icicle collapse: a pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water

Cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

sleet collapse: partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow); precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"

patois collapse: a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

hill of beans collapse

bagatelle collapse: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over; something of little value or significance; a light piece of music for piano

sequester collapse: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"; undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"; requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

ice pack collapse: a waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swelling

bibelot collapse

precincts collapse

sludge collapse: the precipitate produced by sewage treatment; any thick messy substance

confines collapse: a bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city"

localism collapse: a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

purlieus collapse

drop in the bucket collapse

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