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synonyms for isthmus

  • collar
  • cape
  • cervix
  • nape
  • scruff
  • strait
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to isthmus, such as: collar, cape, cervix, nape, scruff, and strait.
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How to use isthmus in a sentence

At the turn of the century, the United States embarked on the project of building a canal across the isthmus of Panama, hoping to carve a faster transcontinental shipping route and to cement the United States’ strategic dominance in the region.
CARE WORK IS CRITICAL TO THE SUPPLY CHAINJOAN FLORES-VILLALOBOSOCTOBER 29, 2021WASHINGTON POST
For example, on Saunders Island on the Falkland Islands, I was in an area called the Neck, a little isthmus.
A KING PENGUIN AND A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY INSPIRED A COUPLE TO SEE ALL 18 SPECIESANDREA SACHSMARCH 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Lionel Wafer in his travels upon the Isthmus of Darien in 1699 saw the plant growing and cultivated by the natives.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
Continet hic Isthmus leucas admod quingentas circuitu suo, emque occupant Soriqui populi.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUS
In this Isthmus is port royal, where we are now sojourning, lying on the parallel of 44 40'.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUS
This Isthmus has a circuit of fully five hundred leagues and is occupied by the Soriquois tribe.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUS
The town of the same name lies in the midst of a small plain, which forms the half of an isthmus.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
The narrowness of the Isthmus naturally suggested the cutting of a waterway through it.
THE WONDER BOOK OF KNOWLEDGEVARIOUS
The isthmus which joined the two great continents of the New World remained, according to him, unappropriated.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
It was notorious that she claimed the sovereignty of the isthmus on specious, nay, on solid, grounds.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO ISTHMUS

  • cape
  • cervix
  • collar
  • isthmus
  • nape
  • scruff
  • strait
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.