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pillars of Hercules

noun

1 Pillars of Hercules

The two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules.

Roget 233: limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; ... show more

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more


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