atoll
noun/ˈætɒl/
/ˈætɔːl/
- an island made of coral and in the shape of a ring with a lake of seawater (called a lagoon) in the middleWord Originearly 17th cent.: from Maldivian atoḷu.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
atoll