13
bar(noun, bank, ledge, underwater)
11
bank(noun, bar, counter, edge, side)
8
ledge(noun, counter, edge, side, bank)
7
island(noun, land, island)
6
isle(noun, island)
6
rock(noun, stone, cliff, ledge, underwater)
6
ridge(noun, bank, ledge, underwater)
5
shoal(noun, bar, bank, ridge, sill)
5
islet(noun, island)
4
cay(noun, bar, edge, side, bank)
4
archipelago(noun, island)
4
shelf(noun, piece, pitfall, jutting)
4
take in sail(expression, idiom, slowness)
4
clip the wings(expression, idiom, slowness)
4
key(noun, island)
4
Witwatersrand
4
check(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
4
rein in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, restrain)
4
retard(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
4
sandbar(noun, bar, shoal)
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