Atoll Synonyms

ăt'ôl', -ŏl', ā'tôl', ā'tŏl'

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Synonyms for Atoll

island
(In British Columbia) Vancouver Island
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isle
An island, esp., a small island
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reef
(Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
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atolls
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barrier-reef
(Nautical) A name given to reefs separated from the adjacent coast by a channel or lagoon.
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fringing reef
A coral reef formed close to the shoreline of an island or continent. Fringing reefs usually have a rough, tablelike surface that is exposed during low tide and a steep edge sloping toward the open water.
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Maldiva
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Lhaviyani
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pulau
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barrier-reefs
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Rasdhoo
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Alifu
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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.

  • It is this reef which essentially forms the atoll.

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

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