artificial island

collocation in English

meaningsofartificialandisland

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artificial
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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island
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.lənd/us
/ˈaɪ.lənd/
a piece of land completely surrounded ...
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(Definition ofartificialandislandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has the drawback of featuring a bridge out to anartificialisland, and my comments about shipping hazards must apply to anartificialisland.
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His idea was that the tunnel should come out at anartificialislandin mid-channel.
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Some suggest it is anartificialisland.
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Their headquarters is anartificialislandin a sewer.
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The actualartificialislandis still 40 hectares.
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Creating anartificialislandis an expensive and risky undertaking.
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Anartificialislandwas created in this marshy area.
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The industry built newartificialislandand mobile drilling systems.
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It is anartificialislandbuilt in 1837.
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That factory is on anartificialisland5 by 3 kilometres, which has been built and decided upon in the past 10 years.
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It is also specially known as it is the onlyartificialislandin the entire region.
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At the time, the light keeper was the only resident of theartificialisland.
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The innermost and deepest moat was flooded to create anartificialisland.
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The strangest one called for the construction of anartificialislandwith a 1500-room hotel.
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In the middle is a miniature scaleartificialislandwith rocky terrain and a roofed pavilion.
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Pebbles are piled by the birds to form anartificialislandthat reaches the water surface.
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There is a small bridge that allows foot and road traffic onto theartificialisland.
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The hotel rests on anartificialislandconstructed 280m ft offshore.
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A smallartificialislandwas built at the site to house an exploration oil well.
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It was built on a smallartificialislandjust off shore.
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It is a crannog, which is a form ofartificialisland.
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The castle has four round towers and lies on a symmetricalartificialisland.
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That tunnel, for horse-drawn carriages, would have been lit by oil lamps and needed anartificialisland half-way across so that the horses could be changed.
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About 80 yards to the west of the ruin is a smallartificialislandthat served as a prison.
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Construction of theartificialislandrequired the use of caissons of reinforced concrete, possibly the first use of such structures.
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