Meaning & use
soland
Last updated
An old or dialectal name for the gannet, a large white seabird.
See it in a sentence
Fishermen on the northern isles once hunted the soland for its meat and feathers.
The cliffside colony of solands wheeled and dived over the churning sea.
A note on using this word
Chiefly found in the older compound "soland goose," a traditional Scottish name for the gannet.
Words with a similar meaning
gannetsolan
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “soland”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.