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Solent

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So·lent  (slnt)
A narrow channel between the Isle of Wight and the southern mainland of England. The Solent provides access to the port of Southampton.

Solent [ˈsəʊlənt]
n
(Placename) the. a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire, on the English mainland, and the Isle of Wight. Width: up to 6 km (4 miles)
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Noun1.SolentSolent - a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
English Channel - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain


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To right and left the long blue curve of the Solent lapped in a fringe of foam upon the yellow beach.
Here we were near Gibraltar, and not a word since the Solent.
We entered the Solent about ten o'clock one morning, and I must confess that my heart sank as we came close to shore.
 
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