Noun

• S: (n) continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth) "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
• S: (n) Continent (the European mainland) "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
• part holonym
• S: (n) Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
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• W: (adj) Continental [Related to: Continent] (of or pertaining to or typical of Europe) "a Continental breakfast"
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• W: (n) Continent (the European mainland) "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) Continental (of or pertaining to or typical of Europe) "a Continental breakfast"
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• S: (adj) Continental (of or pertaining to or typical of Europe) "a Continental breakfast"
• S: (adj) continental (of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War) "the Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress"
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• S: (adj) continental (of or relating to or characteristic of a continent) "the continental divide"; "continental drift"
• S: (adj) continental (being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe) "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
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Adjective

• S: (adj) continent (having control over urination and defecation)
• S: (adj) celibate, continent (abstaining from sexual intercourse) "celibate priests"