Atoll

Word ATOLL
Character 5
Hyphenation a toll
Pronunciations /əˈtɒl/

Definitions and meanings of "Atoll"

What do we mean by atoll?

An island or chain of islets connected by a coral reef that nearly or entirely encloses a lagoon. noun

A coral island, consisting of a strip or ring of coral surrounding a central lagoon. noun

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island. noun

A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls. noun

An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon noun

A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls

Synonyms and Antonyms for Atoll

The word "atoll" in example sentences

The atoll is on admiralty charts as Hikihoho, discovered by Bougainville [Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 1729-1811, French soldier and explorer, the first Frenchman to circumnavigate the world] but called Parlay after old Parlay, a wizard with pearls who never parts with a pearl and stores hundreds of ton of shell. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The ring-like shape of the atoll is the result of coral reefs building up around a former volcanic island. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): the atoll is a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano ❋ Unknown (2008)

Inside the atoll is a large lagoon with shallows and pools 1 to 5 m deep. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The rim of the atoll is a karst structure; there is also a quantity of exposed coral rock and extensive sand dunes and rubble to the southwest. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The landing would take them down the runway away from the concentration of Russian troops; according to the satellite photo, they would have some cover at that end of the atoll from a short run of rocks. ❋ Jim DeFelice (2003)

Below it, the atoll was a tiny bull's eye in a huge target. ❋ Asimov, Isaac, 1920- (1955)

Bassas da India: the atoll is a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano ❋ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (N/A)

When we remember that the atoll is a living thing, an organic whole, as full of life, though not so highly organised, as a tortoise, the meanest imagination must be struck with the immensity of one of the structures. ❋ Unknown (1907)

The southern group consists of seven or eight islands and islets on the atoll, which is the skeleton of what some day, according to the history of coral reefs, will be a continuous island. ❋ Joshua Slocum (1877)

But men are more nicely sensible of a discomfort; and the atoll is a discomfortable home. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)

Mog Mog, with just a few hundred residents, is part of an island chain forming part of Ulithi atoll, which is actually the partially submerged rim of a huge volcano. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Isolated: Mog Mog is part of an island chain forming part of Ulithi atoll, which is actually the partially submerged rim of a huge volcano ❋ Unknown (2010)

The island is part of a chain forming Ulithi atoll, which is the partially submerged rim of a huge volcano ❋ Unknown (2010)

The typical ring shape of the atoll is the result of coral reefs building up around a former volcanic island.

Actually, it's so tiny that it's not even considered an island; it's an atoll, which is formed when coral reef forms on an eroding volcanic island. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The nation consists of 1190 coral islands spread across 26 atolls; that familiar word atoll is from the local Dhivehi language. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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