Continental

Examples

• All

• I strapped him into the front seat of my car, a ten-year-old Lincoln Continental, and we headed west.

  Fiction book (2002)

• We call it Continental, but it's not really Continental.

• Now this cake here, the Continental, will serve 200 people.

  Tiger Warsaw (1988)

• And now, it's time for your date with The Continental.

  Old Boyfriends (1979)

• Harry stands in the parking lot, watching as the Continental drives off.

  Fiction book (1992)

• It was at the Continental, I remember.

  The Quiet American (1958)

• Usually, she told Tully such things while they were cruising down the highway in the Continental.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Sixteen hours before, he had been at the USMC Birthday Ball at the Hotel Continental in Paris, tripping the light fantastic with his wife.

  Fiction book (1995)

• A navy Lincoln Continental nosed into view, moving slowly toward them down the gravel road that bisected the campground.

  Fiction book (1995)

• My friend is a Continental who grew up in France and speaks several languages.

Synonyms

E

European

vsContinental

215 1.0

A person from Europe

is narrower, applying only to people from mainland Europe not island residents

M

mainlander

vsContinental

3 4.0

A person who comes from or lives on the larger land part of a country rather than an island

is used for someone from Europe who is not from the British Isles

Idioms

N

not worth a Continental

• Archaic

9.9

Completely without value or use

W

worth a Continental

• Archaic

9.9

Of little or no value

Compounds

C

continental United States

• US

8 2.1

The 48 US states in North America that touch each other, not including Alaska or Hawaii

C

continental breakfast

7 1.6

A light morning meal of bread and pastries with coffee or tea

C

Continental Congress

5 6.4

An assembly of colonial representatives who met during the American Revolution to govern and form a national government

C

Continental Army

5 5.5

An army formed by the American colonies in 1775 to win independence from Britain

C

continental shelf

• Specialized

4 5.5

A shallow part of the sea next to a continent, usually less than 200 meters deep

C

continental drift

• Specialized

4 4.8

The slow movement of Earth's continents over a very long time

C

continental divide

• Specialized

1 7.4

A line of high land on a continent that separates rivers flowing to different oceans

C

continental slope

• Specialized

1 7.4

The steep part of the sea floor that drops from a continent's edge to the deep ocean floor

C

Continental Europe

1 3.4

Mainland Europe without its islands such as the British Isles

C

continental glacier

• Specialized

6.8

A huge sheet of ice that covers most of a continent and spreads outward from its center

C

continental plan

• US

4.1

A hotel rate that includes a simple breakfast each morning but not other meals

C

continental quilt

• US

3.7

A thick soft bed covering filled with feathers or warm fibers used instead of sheets

C

Continental Divide of the Americas

7.4

A high mountain line that separates rivers flowing to the Pacific from those flowing to the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans

Surface Forms

Etymology