INSET

gusset, inset

(noun) a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment

insert, inset

(noun) an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

inset

(noun) a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one

inset

(verb) set or place in

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

inset (third-person singular simple present insets, present participle insetting, simple past and past participle insetted or inset)

(transitive) To set in; infix or implant.

(transitive) To insert something.

(transitive) To add an inset to something.

Noun

inset (plural insets)

A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.

Anything inserted.

A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.

Anagrams

• Stein, Tiens, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, snite, stein, tines, tsine

Source: Wiktionary


In*set", v. t.

Definition: To infix. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In"set, n.

1. That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.

2. (Bookbinding)

Definition: One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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