ISLE

isle, islet

(noun) a small island

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

isle (plural isles)

A (small) island, compare with islet.

Obsolete form of aisle.

Anagrams

• %iles, Elis, Iles, Lise, Sile, iles, leis, lies, sile

Proper noun

Isle

A city in Minnesota.

A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.

A river in southwestern France, which flows into the Dordogne.

Anagrams

• %iles, Elis, Iles, Lise, Sile, iles, leis, lies, sile

Source: Wiktionary


Isle, n. Etym: [Obs.]

Definition: See Aisle.

Isle, n. Etym: [OF. isle, F. île, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.]

1. An island. [Poetic] Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. Milton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.

Isle, v. t.

Definition: To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [Poetic] Isled in sudden seas of light. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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