Meaning & use
island
A piece of land completely surrounded by water, smaller than a continent.
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They spent their honeymoon on a small island in the Caribbean.
The remote island can only be reached by a two-hour ferry ride.
A note on using this word
Island is also used figuratively for anything isolated or set apart, as in 'an island of calm in a chaotic day'.
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