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islet

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is·let  (lt)
n.
A very small island: rocky islets off the coast.
islet [ˈaɪlɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a small island
[from Old French islette; see isle]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.islet - a small islandislet - a small island                      
isle
Translations
islet [ˈaɪlɪt] N → isleta f, islote m
islet [ˈaɪlət] n (literary) → îlot m
islet
n → kleines Eiland (poet), → Inselchen nt
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After leaving behind him the civic Tournelle* and the criminal tower, and skirted the great walls of the king's garden, on that unpaved strand where the mud reached to his ankles, he reached the western point of the city, and considered for some time the islet of the Passeur-aux-Vaches, which has disappeared beneath the bronze horse of the Pont Neuf.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
The scaffold indeed looked like an islet at the confluence of several rivers.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
At the point of that angle a short arm joined it to a hexagonal islet with a soil of gravel and its shores faced with dressed stone, a perfection of puerile neatness.
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
 
 
 
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