islet
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- noun
- /ˈaɪlɪt/
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islote
- The tour guide took us to a small islet in the middle of the lake.
- islets and islands
A cormorant dives by, trembling light from the white islet of a star, the sound of ripples.
- A cormorant dives by, trembling light from the white islet of a star, the sound of ripples.
Examples
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We spotted a family of birds nesting on the rocky islet by the river.
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The map showed several tiny islets scattered throughout the bay.
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I say we head for the islet.
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We went to this small sandy islet to sit, drink, and talk.
Fiction book (1993) -
Instead, they hang out inland where there are plants to munch on, but on one islet, S Plaza, that's not the case.
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The closest of these islets was a mere one and one-half miles from the mainland.
Academic text (1997) -
A mile downstream, the Jinga split around a rocky islet, to which Tsutso took the boat.
Fiction book (1993) -
From his lighthouse on the islet Le Galiton, Amedee Conti sees an Arab crescent among quieter celestial lights.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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A piece of land completely surrounded by water smaller than a continent
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A small island that often appears in poems or stories
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A small island in a river
A small island in a river or near a larger island
A small low island often with sand and palm trees in a tropical lagoon
An old word for an area of land surrounded by water
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Islet is the small form of isle, and the ending -let means 'small', just like in booklet or leaflet. So an islet is literally a 'small island', which helps you remember it is a very small island in a lake, river, or sea.