continent : Idioms & Phrases

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antarctic continent

  • noun an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep
    Antarctica.
    • Antarctica is twice the size of Australia
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continent-wide

  • adjective satellite involving the entire continent
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The Continent

  • the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.
Webster 1913