Atoll Synonyms

ătôl, -ŏl, ātôl, ātŏl
A coral island or series of coral islands forming a ring that nearly or entirely encloses a shallow lagoon. Atolls are surrounded by deep ocean water and range in diameter from about 1 km (0.62 mi) to over 100 km (62 mi). They are especially common in the western and central Pacific Ocean and are believed to form along the fringes of underwater volcanoes.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. island
  2. isle
  3. reef

Words Related to Atoll

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. barrier-reef
  2. atolls
  3. fringing reef
  4. Maldiva
  5. archipelago
  6. Lhaviyani
  7. pulau
  8. Alifu
  9. barrier-reefs

Atoll Sentence Examples

  • The Aldabra Islands constitute an atoll consisting of an oval ring of land, some 40 m.

  • It is impossible to estimate the total number of the islands; an atoll, for instance, which may slate in the Marquesas, which afford a type of the extinct volcanic islands, as does Tahiti.

  • Surrounded by the largest raised coral atoll on earth, this is a lagoon to remember.

  • On its northern aspect this plateau has a raised rim having all the appearances of being once the margin of an atoll.

  • It is this reef which essentially forms the atoll.

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