noun. A landmass, especially one smaller than a continent, entirely surrounded by water.

noun. Something resembling an island, especially in being isolated or surrounded, as.

noun. An unattached kitchen counter providing easy access from all sides.

noun. A raised curbed area, often used to delineate rows of parking spaces or lanes of traffic.

noun. The superstructure of a ship, especially an aircraft carrier.

noun. A cluster of cells differing in structure or function from the cells constituting the surrounding tissue.

transitive verb. To make into or as if into an island; insulate.

To cause to become or appear like an island; insulate.

To dot as with islands.

noun. A tract of land surrounded by water, whether of the sea, a river, or a lake: in contradistinction to mainland or continent.

noun. Something resembling an island: as, an island of floating ice.

noun. A hill rising out of low ground or swampy land, a small clump of woodland in a prairie, or the like.

noun. A meringue of white of egg and sugar floating in divisions upon soft custard.

See Iceland, Iceland dog.

noun. In anatomy, any circumscribed portion of tissue or aggregation of cells differing in structure from the surrounding parts.

Isolated; separate.

transitive verb. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.

transitive verb. To furnish with an island or with islands.

noun. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.

noun. Anything regarded as resembling an island.

noun. See Isle, n., 2.

noun. islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.

noun. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

noun. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

noun. A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck

noun. A traffic island.

verb. To surround with water; make into an island

verb. To set, dot (as if) with islands

verb. To isolate

noun. a zone or area resembling an island

noun. a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

"Abyssinian coast, and anchored at night three leagues short of it, under an island which we named _Crab island_, owing to the great abundance of crabs we found there."

mainland  

archipelago  atoll  brazilian island  cay  continent  

insular  isle  islet  

Travel  

Highland  byland  highland  

Marks  Stones  alive  bank  beer  

aerodrome  air base  airdrome  airfield  airport  

continent  isle  

islanded  islanding  islands