isle

[ ahyl ]

/ aɪl /

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noun

a small island.

any island.

verb (used with object), isled, isl·ing.

to make into or as if into an isle.

to place on or as if on an isle.

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Origin of isle

1250–1300; Middle English i(s)le<Old French <Latin īnsula

OTHER WORDS FROM isle

isleless, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH isle

aisle, I'll, isle

How to use isle in a sentence

MacDonald mans the office despite being—like most of the rest of the Western Isles, it seems—in his 70s.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Conceptually, the “Angel of Death” was a cultural mainstay in continental Europe and the British Isles by the late Middle Ages.
Ebola Rages in West Africa, Reigniting Humanity’s Oldest Fear: The Plague|Scott Bixby|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Disney-star-turned-'Rizzoli & Isles'-actor Lee Thompson Young died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday.
Lee Thompson Young, Star of 'The Famous Jett Jackson,' Commits Suicide|Kevin Fallon|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But by 1920, American per-capita GDP exceeded that of the British Isles.
American Household Gadget Exceptionalism|Megan McArdle|February 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

You can see it in the empty canned food, rice, and bread isles at the grocery store.
Diaries From Japan: Dispatches From People Living in Tokyo and Sendai|Brian Ries|March 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
At the close of the reception a band of Philippine musicians played a selection of graceful airs of their native isles.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
On the 7th of August we neared the Canary Isles, but unfortunately, on account of the thick fog, we could not see them.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
In truth, the art of tobacco using is nowhere more ignored, nowhere more contemptuously neglected than in these 'favored isles.'
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Bruce may have taken refuge again in Glen Trool; Gray's mention of the isles may result from a confusion with earlier events.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
The king, her father, only lingered five more days, and on his death the tiny infant became Queen of Scotland and the Isles.
The Childhood of Distinguished Women|Selina A. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for isle

isle

/ (aɪl) /

noun

an island, esp a small one: used in literature and (when cap.) in place names

Word Origin for isle

C13: from Old French isle, from Latin insula island

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