Word Meaning

Meaning of "continent" and the crossword clue

- Large land mass
- Vast landmass
- Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
- Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
- Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
- Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
- That which contains anything; a receptacle.
- One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.