island - English dictionary definition

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1. Island  A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.
2. Island  Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
3. Island  See Isle, n., 2.
4. Island  To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.
5. Island  To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.
6. island  a zone or area resembling an island
7. island dispenser  a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks
8. island hop  travel from one island to the next; "on the cruise, we did some island-hopping"