Atoll

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Atoll \A*toll"\, n. [The native name in the Indian Ocean.]
     A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral
     reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or
     depression; a lagoon island.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  atoll
       n : an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a
           lagoon

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "atoll":
     ait, archipelago, bar, cay, continental island, coral head,
     coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group,
     islandology, isle, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank,
     sandbar
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ATOLL
       
          {Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language}