british isles
English Thesaurus
1. Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | island, |
| definition | : | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | gb, great britain, |
| definition | : | an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | emerald isle, hibernia, ireland, |
| definition | : | an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | channel island, |
| definition | : | any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | isle of man, man, |
| definition | : | one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | isle of wight, wight, |
| definition | : | an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | atlantic, atlantic ocean, |
| definition | : | the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object) |
| member meronym | : | british empire, |
| definition | : | a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand (noun.location) |
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