isthmus
isthmus is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alluvial
- alluvion
- alluvium
- anatomy
- ancon
- and
- angustation
- ashore
- bank
- beach
- bone
- breadth
- chalk
- chersonese
- clay
- cledge
- clod
- closeness
- clot
- coarctation
- coast
- coastal
- come
- constriction
- continent
- continental
- contraction
- crag
- debark
- delta
- deposition
- derelict
- dry
- earth
- earthy
- emaciation
- estate
- exiguity
- exility
- filament
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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