Search Result for "isle":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a small island;
[syn: isle, islet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.] See Aisle. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Isle \Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [^i]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.] [1913 Webster] 1. An island. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Isle \Isle\, v. t. To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Isled in sudden seas of light. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]U.S. Gazetteer (1990):
Isle, MN (city, FIPS 31472) Location: 46.14221 N, 93.46042 W Population (1990): 566 (408 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56342Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "isle": ait, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, continental island, coral head, coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group, islandology, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank, sandbar
