skerry.

A small rocky island or reef, often partly covered at high tide.

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Words that belong together

• a bare skerry
• a chain of skerries

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Spray broke over the skerry until only the beacon remained visible.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular skerry; plural skerries. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.