continental
adjective
1. of or pertaining to or typical of Europe
- a Continental breakfast
2. of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War
- the Continental Army
- the Continental Congress
3. of or relating to or characteristic of a continent
- the continental divide
- continental drift
4. being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe
- the continental United States
- continental Europe
- continental waters
Similar word(s): transcontinental
Sentences with continental as an adjective:
- continental breakfast
- continental money
noun
1. Someone from the continent.
2. (US, historical) A member of the Continental army.
3. (US, historical) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war (hence the expression "not worth a continental")