atlantic
IPA: ʌtɫˈæntɪk
Root Word: Atlantic
noun
- The Atlantic Ocean.
- A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
- A city, the county seat of Cass County, Iowa, United States.
- (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement.
adjective
- Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
- Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the USA.
- Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
- Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
- Descended from the legendary Atlas.
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Examples of "atlantic" in Sentences
- Some say it ranks with the best in the mid atlantic region.
- • Virgin Atlantic virgin-atlantic.com flies Heathrow to Boston from £342 including taxes
- Anytime you order "atlantic salmon" I can almost guarantee you are getting farm raised salmon.
- Category: atlantic, bobby jindal, chris good, legion of editors and fact-checkers, mickey kaus
- Any rivers that have atlantic salmon runs are not open public shoreline traffic if on private land.
- I wish he was better known on this side of the atlantic, as his books are almost impossible to come by
- In the current economic climate I think only massive bestselling authors would get to cross the atlantic to tour.
- We wondered around trying to figure out the best way to get out to Peninsula Valdes a nature reserve along the atlantic which is meant to be rich in wildlife.
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