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Meanings of
promontory
in English
Portuguese
promontório
Catalan
promontori
Spanish
promontorio
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A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
head
headland
foreland
Portuguese
promontório
Usage of
promontory
in English
1
We got in and rowed round the
promontory
and into the caves.
2
Then Beatrice came to the edge of the
promontory
and called down:
3
This tool is a feasible and reasonable method for
promontory
stimulation testing.
4
Two hours later, and the
promontory
was lying to the larboard wake.
5
The word means a fishhook, and the
promontory
looks something like one.
6
Took boat on the lake, from the
promontory
of Dindog before mentioned.
7
Then, farther up, the valley seemed to end in a huge
promontory
.
8
My eyes turned to the Lacinian
promontory
,
dark upon the turbid sea.
9
He reached the clearing, now unguarded, and looked up at the
promontory
.
10
It was a boxhouse, built on a
promontory
of the Greenland coast.
11
A railed-in platform capped the
promontory
,
for it was a recognised viewpoint.
12
Over the uneven scraggy
promontory
,
blinded by the fierce sunlight, Annadoah staggered.
13
Thou must be like a
promontory
of the sea, against which though
14
I am fair, as when thou didst woo me on the
promontory
.
15
He scanned the flat
promontory
,
but there was no sign of her.
16
Sabinus pursued them as far as Scyllaeum, the Italian
promontory
,
without trouble.
Other examples for "promontory"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
promontory
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
rocky promontory
high promontory
little promontory
low promontory
great promontory
More collocations
Translations for
promontory
Portuguese
promontório
cabo
cabos
cabeceiros
Catalan
promontori
niell
escull
faralló
Spanish
promontorio
Promontory
through the time
Promontory
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common