peninsula.

A body of land projecting from a larger land area and surrounded by water on most sides.

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Words that belong together

• a rocky peninsula
• the end of a peninsula

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The rocky peninsula left the house exposed to weather from three directions.

The road narrowed toward the end of the peninsula.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular peninsula; plural peninsulas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.