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What does island mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word island? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
  2. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
  3. A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
  4. A traffic island.
  5. (government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.
  6. (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.
  2. (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.
  3. (transitive) To isolate.
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