Promontories Synonyms

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ridges
The definition of a ridge is a long, narrow crest of something.
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points
(Linguistics) A vowel point.
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peaks
The point of a beard.
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bills
(Nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke.
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head
A portrait or representation of a person's head.
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headlands
The unplowed land at the end of a plowed furrow.
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projections
A thing or part that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface.
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An area or realm:
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Promontories Sentence Examples

  • Small peninsulas are known as promontories or headlands, and the extremity as a cape.

  • Numerous small archipelagoes and islands, of which the chief are Belle Tie, Groix and Ushant, fringe the Breton coast.- North of the Bay of St Michel the peninsula of Cotentin, terminating in the promontories of Hague and Barfleur, juts north into the English Channel and closes the bay of the Seine on the -west.

  • Cherbourg, its chid harbour, lies on the northern shore between the two promontories.

  • Many of the Aegean islands, or chains of islands, are actually prolongations of promontories of the mainland.

  • The general colouring, a faded brown, is somewhat dreary, but the mountain heights and promontories of the west display some grandeur of outline.

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