promontory
English Thesaurus
1. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) (noun.object)
| hyponym | : | mull, |
| definition | : | a term used in Scottish names of promontories (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | point, |
| definition | : | a promontory extending out into a large body of water (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | cape horn, |
| definition | : | a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar, |
| definition | : | location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cape hatteras, |
| definition | : | a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cape canaveral, cape kennedy, |
| definition | : | a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | cape sable, |
| definition | : | a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | abila, abyla, jebel musa, |
| definition | : | a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules (noun.object) |
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