barrier island
noun
: a long broad sandy island lying parallel to a shore that is built up by the action of waves, currents, and winds and that protects the shore from the effects of the ocean
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Seawater plowed into beach communities, dwarfing seawalls on both the Gulf and Intracoastal Waterway sides of the barrier islands, according to University of South Florida Coastal Research Lab director Ping Wang.
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Kathryn Varn, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
But on players’ Palmetto State barrier island bingo card, Kiawah, Hilton Head, Daufuskie and Pawleys are the squares that get marked most often.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The hurricane, which made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, on July 8 as a Category 1 storm, caused significant destruction on the coastline and barrier islands, Shuhab Khan, a professor of geology at the University of Houston, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Kathryn Varn, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
But on players’ Palmetto State barrier island bingo card, Kiawah, Hilton Head, Daufuskie and Pawleys are the squares that get marked most often.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The hurricane, which made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, on July 8 as a Category 1 storm, caused significant destruction on the coastline and barrier islands, Shuhab Khan, a professor of geology at the University of Houston, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
How climate change is threatening homes on North Carolina's barrier islands
More
In:
Senior Citizens
James Brown
James Brown is a special correspondent for CBS News.
—James Brown, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for barrier island
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“Barrier island.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrier%20island. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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