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promontory
UK /ˈpɹɒm.ən.tɹi/ US /ˈpɹɑməntɔɹi/
noun 3name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
against, beautiful, parallelogramical
VERB + PROMONTORY
bluff-headed, cave, like, sailed
PROMONTORY + NOUN
thurso
PREP.
around, on
Definitions
noun
1
A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
Leaving behind us the town at the bottom of its deep bay, we set out to explore a bluff-headed parallelogramical promontory, bounded by Thurso Bay on the one hand, and Murkle Bay on the other, and which presents to the open sea, in the space that stretches between, an undulating line of iron-bound coast, exposed to the roll of the northern ocean.
South of Hang-chou Wan (Bay) below Shanghai, the China coastline changes from a smooth, flat topography to one of irregular, rocky promontories and numerous islands. Foochow, the Fugiu of Marco Polo, dates from the seventh century. Offshore the Ma-tsu Lieh-tao (Matsu and Pei-kan, or Changshu Islands) are heavily fortified Nationalist strongholds.
2
A projecting part of the body.
3
A projecting part of the body.
name
1
A location in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, where the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, and the golden spike ceremony was held.
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Leaving behind us the town at the bottom of its deep bay, we set out to explore a bluff-headed parallelogramical promontory, bounded by Thurso Bay on the one hand, and Murkle Bay on the other, and whi
Wiktionary02
South of Hang-chou Wan (Bay) below Shanghai, the China coastline changes from a smooth, flat topography to one of irregular, rocky promontories and numerous islands. Foochow, the Fugiu of Marco Polo,
Wiktionary03
The boat sailed around the promontory.
Tatoeba · #27347904
Breached and battered, the ruin stands in a grove of ilex on a very beautiful promontory.
Tatoeba · #1017932505
There's a cave on the promontory.
Tatoeba · #1026824706
Be like a promontory that the waves endlessly come to break against.
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