Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for isthmus

isthmus

[ is-muhs ]

noun

, plural isth·mus·es, isth·mi [is, -mahy].
  1. a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
  2. Anatomy, Zoology. a connecting, usually narrow, part, organ, or passage, especially when joining structures or cavities larger than itself.
  3. Ichthyology. the narrow fleshy area between the sides of the lower jaw of a fish.


isthmus

/ ˈɪsməs /

noun

  1. a narrow strip of land connecting two relatively large land areas
  2. anatomy
    1. a narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of a structure
    2. a narrow passage connecting two cavities
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


isthmus

/ ĭsməs /

, Plural isthmuses ĭsmī′

  1. A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land.


isthmus

  1. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land and has water on both sides.


Discover More

Derived Forms

  • ˈisthmoid, adjective
Discover More

Other Words From

  • isthmoid adjective
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of isthmus1

1545–55; < Latin < Greek isthmós neck (of land)
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of isthmus1

C16: from Latin, from Greek isthmos
Discover More

Example Sentences

At the turn of the century, the United States embarked on the project of building a canal across the isthmus of Panama, hoping to carve a faster transcontinental shipping route and to cement the United States’ strategic dominance in the region.

For example, on Saunders Island on the Falkland Islands, I was in an area called the Neck, a little isthmus.

Eleventh place is quite the crowning achievement for the little isthmus—especially considering the low quality offerings.

Is it really possible that we were once so wrapped around that isthmus?

In the Shafrazi island, Warhol and Basquiat are up on this little isthmus together, a little spit of land.

The only thing it rhymes with is isthmus, and that but loosely.

Lionel Wafer in his travels upon the Isthmus of Darien in 1699 saw the plant growing and cultivated by the natives.

Continet hic Isthmus leucas admod quingentas circuitu suo, emque occupant Soriqui populi.

In this Isthmus is port royal, where we are now sojourning, lying on the parallel of 44 40'.

This Isthmus has a circuit of fully five hundred leagues and is occupied by the Soriquois tribe.

The town of the same name lies in the midst of a small plain, which forms the half of an isthmus.

Advertisement

Related Words

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


Isthmian Games-istic