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continent

/'k/A/nt/-/n/@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. having control over urination and defecation

    adj.all

    Antonyms incontinent

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. one of the large landmasses of the earth

    noun.object

    Examples
    There are seven continents.
    Pioneers had to cross the continent on foot.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. the European mainland

    noun.location

    Examples
    Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. That which contains anything; a receptacle.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. abstaining from sexual intercourse

    adj.all

    Synonyms celibate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

contiguatecontiguitycontiguouscontiguousnesscontinencecontinencycontinent-widecontinentalcontinental armycontinental breakfastcontinental congresscontinental divide

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