Tombolo Definition

tŏmbə-lō
tombolos
noun
A bar of sand or other sediment connecting an island to the mainland or another island.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tombolo

Noun

Singular:
tombolo
Plural:
tombolos

Origin of Tombolo

  • From Italian tombolo (“pillow"), from Latin tumulus (“mound"), from tumeō (“I swell").

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian from Latin tumulus mound tumulus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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