English to English
continent
('k/A/nt/-/n/@/nt
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adjective (a)
- Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- one of the large landmasses of the earth(noun.object)Example:
There are seven continents.
Pioneers had to cross the continent on foot.
source: wordnet30 - the European mainland(noun.location)Example:
Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there.
source: wordnet30 - That which contains anything; a receptacle.(noun)source: webster1913