continental

Examples

• All

• The battle proved two important points: it proved that the Continental Army could win.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The result is the convening, in 1774, of the First Continental Congress.

  Fiction book (2000)

• General George Washington led the Continental Army, which was the army of the new nation.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Your mother is very ill, and I have decided to take time off to finish my study on the Continental Congress.

  Another Woman (1988)

• And to some people back in England looking on, this Continental Congress looks treasonable.

• They called their plan the Continental Association.

• The latter six gentlemen would serve in Virginia's delegation to the first Continental Congress.

  Academic text (1996)

• Timothy Matlack was the official scribe of the Continental Congress.

  National Treasure (2004)

• General George Washington led the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

• While serving in the Continental Army, soldiers faced many hardships during the fight for independence.

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

Morphology

Etymology