Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sandbar that connects an island to the mainland or to another island.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sand-reef by which an island is connected with the mainland. See the extract.
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- noun A
spit of sand linking anisland to themainland (or to another island), formed bylongshore drift .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Italian, from Latin tumulus, mound; see tumulus.]
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From Italian tombolo ("pillow"), from Latin tumulus ("mound"), from tumeō ("I swell").
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Examples
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To clinch the victory, Valencic won a best-of-five final round, which included a question asking for the Italian name for sediment deposits that connect a shoreline with an offshore island: tombolo.
The Seattle Times 2011
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“The Word of the Day,” he said, and his voice filled all the rooms of the school, “is tombolo.
High School Confidential Jeremy Iversen 2006
mollusque commented on the word tombolo
A sand or gravel bar joining an island to the mainland or another island.
December 21, 2007