Both Uses of
atoll
in
Snow Falling on Cedars
- On the second day his company was assembled on the top deck and told that they were moving toward Tarawa atoll, where they would go ashore at Betio, a strongly defended island.†
Chpt 16 *
- He was reminded for a moment of Tarawa atoll and its seawall and the palms that lay in rows on their side, knocked down by the compression from the naval guns.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(atoll) an island made of a coral reef -- often in the shape of a circle