Definitions for atoll

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atoll at·oll

Spelling: [at-awl, -ol, -ohl, uh-tawl, uh- Atoll is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in atoll (allot).

Definitions for atoll

noun

1. a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.

Origin of atoll

1615-25; earlier atollon French: a word used in early descriptions of the Maldive Island atolls; said to be Divehi (Indo-Aryan language of the Maldives) atoḷu

Examples for atoll

First, you would have to decide that the atoll was a viable option.

And search they did, atoll after atoll, until at the end of an hour they were rewarded.

Once more he raised the glass to his eye and gazed toward the inlet of the atoll.

With this chart a landlubber could have gone straight to the atoll.

The atoll is known, but uncharted, because it is far outside the routes.

Sanders knew of it, and said they passed it still closer on their way to the atoll.

Local paper HaveeryOnline reports that the royal couple are known to be spending their vacation at a resort in Noonu atoll.

Plus, Kate and William could hardly have picked a worse time for their luxury vacation to a resort in Noonu atoll.

A vast rumbling crash shook the coral foundations of the atoll.

For a trifling sum I could have chartered a schooner and sought the atoll.