continental


Definition: Meaning of, continental in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kɒntɪˈnɛnt(ə)l /

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  1. the continental United States all the states of the US except Alaska and Hawaii
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  2. continental Europe/Asia etc all the countries of Europe, Asia etc that are not on islands
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  3. relating to a large mass of land
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  4. typical of the warmer countries in Western Europe
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  5. British English old-fashioned belonging to or in Europe, not including Britain
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continental used in phrases

  • Continental Army (noun)
    1. the American army during the American Revolution
  • Continental Congress (noun)
    1. the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation
  • Continental Congress, the
    1. a group of politicians who represented the original 13 American COLONIES, and met between 1774 and 1789. They made laws for the COLONIES, and later formed the government of the US. The Continental Congress wrote the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, and its members are often called "The FOUNDING FATHERS ".
  • Continental Divide
    1. the Continental Divide also the Great Divide the chain of high mountains that goes from north to south in North America. They divide the rivers which flow into the Pacific Ocean from those which flow into the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.
  • continental breakfast (noun)
    1. a breakfast consisting of coffee and bread with butter and JAM [↪  English breakfast]
  • continental divide (noun)
    1. especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico the watershed of a continent
  • continental drift (noun)
    1. the very slow movement of the CONTINENT s across the Earth's surface
  • continental glacier (noun)
    1. a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice
  • continental plan (noun)
    1. a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
  • continental quilt (noun)
    1. a DUVET
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