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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A sandbar that connects an island to the mainland or to another island.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A sand-reef by which an island is connected with the mainland. See the extract.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A spit of sand linking an island to the mainland (or to another island), formed by longshore drift.

Etymologies

  1. From Italian tombolo ("pillow"), from Latin tumulus ("mound"), from tumeō ("I swell"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Italian, from Latin tumulus, mound; see tumulus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “To clinch the victory, Valencic won a best-of-five final round, which included a question asking for the Italian name for sediment deposits that connect a shoreline with an offshore island: tombolo.”

    The Seattle Times

  • ““The Word of the Day,” he said, and his voice filled all the rooms of the school, “is tombolo.”

    Simon & Schuster: High School Confidential

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  • mollusque A sand or gravel bar joining an island to the mainland or another island. Dec 21, 2007

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