Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
isle
IPA transcription: ['aɪl]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
isle, islet
Meaning:
a small island
Usage examples
THE ISLE OF PORTLAND
THE ISLE OF BLASTED HOPES.
Of many an isle, and of all Argos king.
Newport, Isle of Wight, August 6th, 1740.
The Isle of Blasted Hopes was useless even as an asylum for inebriates.
Down in the uttermost South Sea isle this myth obtained, and I paid accordingly.
"We are Skeezers," answered one of them, "and our home is on the Magic Isle of the Lake.
As spring approached, the starving multitude on Isle St. Joseph grew reckless with hunger.
Among them was Wolfe's father, who was made adjutant-general to the forces assembling in the Isle of Wight.
I walked about the isle like a restless spectre, separated from all it loved and miserable in the separation.