island

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A land mass, especially one smaller than a continent, entirely surrounded by water.
2. n. Something resembling an island, especially in being isolated or surrounded, as:
3. n. An unattached kitchen counter providing easy access from all sides.
4. n. A raised curbed area, often used to delineate rows of parking spaces or lanes of traffic.
5. n. The superstructure of a ship, especially an aircraft carrier.
6. n. Anatomy A cluster of cells differing in structure or function from the cells constituting the surrounding tissue.
7. v. To make into or as if into an island; insulate: a secluded mansion, islanded by shrubbery and fences.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A tract of land surrounded by water, whether of the sea, a river, or a lake: in contradistinction to mainland or continent.
2. n. Something resembling an island: as, an island of floating ice.
3. n. A hill rising out of low ground or swampy land, a small clump of woodland in a prairie, or the like.
4. n. A meringue of white of egg and sugar floating in divisions upon soft custard.
5. To cause to become or appear like an island; insulate.
6. To dot as with islands.
7. See Iceland, Iceland dog.
8. n. In anatomy, any circumscribed portion of tissue or aggregation of cells differing in structure from the surrounding parts.
9. Isolated; separate.

Wiktionary

1. n. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
2. n. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
3. n. A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck
4. v. To surround with water; make into an island
5. v. To set, dot (as if) with islands
6. v. To isolate

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.
2. n. Anything regarded as resembling an island.
3. n. See Isle, n., 2.
4. v. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.
5. v. To furnish with an island or with islands.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a zone or area resembling an island
2. n. a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water