Continental
[kɒntɪ'nent(ə)l] or [,kɑntɪ'nɛntl]
Definition
(adj.) being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; 'the continental United States'; 'continental Europe'; 'continental waters' .
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; 'the continental divide'; 'continental drift' .
(adj.) of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; 'a Continental breakfast' .
(adj.) of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; 'the Continental Army'; 'the Continental Congress' .
Typist: Sadie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a continent.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
(n.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.
Checker: Mario
Examples
- There was a factory in Lancaster where arms were being made for the Continental troops, and Quicksilver Bob was given the run of the place. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The flood and storms did more harm to continental Europe than to us--giving, as it were, the last blow to the calamities which destroyed it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The Loyalist movement that took to Nova Scotia so many Americans after the War of Independence carried with it John, the son of this stalwart Continental. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The continental female is quite a different being to the insular female of the same age and class: I never saw such eyes and brows in England. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Into this you will step, and you will reach Victoria in time for the Continental express. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- An unpleasant odour would not be objected to; it is not objected to now in many continental hotels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The earthenware and soapstone stoves of continental Europe were used long before the present century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus, also, it is that continental productions have everywhere become so largely naturalised on islands. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The breach came in 1811, when Alexander withdrew from the Continental System. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The species of all kinds which inhabit oceanic islands are few in number compared with those on equal continental areas: Alph. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The Morse Code is largely used in America, and a modification of it, called the Continental Code, in Europe. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I have had a continental education, and though I can't spell, I have abundant accomplishments. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He preferred a continental life, he said, and declined to join in housekeeping with his sister and her husband. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That same evening I obtained from my friend, the waiter, information respecting, the sailing of vessels for a certain continental portBoue-Marine. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- With vicious relish he brought up the most spicy current continental historical falsehoods--than which nothing can be conceived more offensive. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checker: Percy