Isthmus
['ɪsθməs;'ɪstməs;'ɪsməs] or ['ɪsməs]
Definition
(noun.) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
(noun.) a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas.
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Definition
(n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
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Definition
n. a narrow neck of land connecting two larger portions.—adj. Isth′mian pertaining to an isthmus esp. the Isthmus of Corinth.—The Isthmian games were celebrated in the Isthmian sanctuary on the north-east shore of the isthmus.
Editor: Priscilla
Examples
- Altogether, on the Isthmus and on the Pacific side, we were delayed six weeks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He sailed from the Isthmus of Panama in 1530, with an expedition of a hundred and sixty-eight Spaniards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- July is at the height of the wet season, on the Isthmus. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He started back by the Isthmus route and was sick all the way. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Of course, at that time, there was no canal, and no Suez; but I managed somehow to get across the isthmus to Alexandria. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The narrowness of the Isthmus naturally suggested the cutting of a waterway through it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Corinth and the states behind the Isthmus wanted the fleet to fall back to that position, abandoning the cities of Megara and ?gina. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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