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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An island, especially a small one.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An island.
  2. n. In entomology, same as islet, 2.
  3. To cause to become or appear like an isle; insulate; island.
  4. To dwell on an isle.
  5. n. An old spelling of aisle.
  6. n. A hot coal; an ember: usually in the plural.
  7. a short platform, generally protected by posts, placed in the middle of a busy street as a convenience and a temporary stopping-place in crossing the street and as a place of safety in avoiding passing vehicles. Also called refuge.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An island.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. See aisle.
  2. n. Poetic An island.
  3. n. (Zoöl.) A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.
  4. v. Poetic To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a small island

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English, from Old French isle, from Latin insula (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English ile, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • Dan337

    An aisle is a narrow passageway, especially in a church or store; an isle is an island.
    Paul Brians. “Aisle/Isle”. Common Errors in English Usage
    Jan 23, 2011

  • bilby
    You friendly Earth, how far do you go,
    With the wheat fields that nod and the rivers that flow,
    With cities and gardens and cliffs and isles,
    And the people upon you for thousands of miles?

    - William Brighty Rands, 'The Wonderful World'. Nov 17, 2008

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‘isle’ has been looked up 2967 times, added to 21 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 4.