atoll

1. 1.

   an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

   Broadercoral reef

   NarrowerBikiniEniwetokKwajaleinMidway Islands

Other forms of atoll

plural

atolls·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about atoll

What does atoll mean?

atoll means "an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon".

How many syllables are in atoll?

atoll has 2 syllables: at-oll. The stress falls on "at". In IPA it is /ˈæˌtɑl/.

Is atoll a common word?

atoll is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.