Isle vs. Island

Islenoun

A (small) island, compare with islet.

Islenoun

obsolete form of aisle

Islenoun

See Aisle.

Islenoun

An island.

Islenoun

A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.

Isleverb

To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.

Islenoun

a small island

Islenoun

an island or peninsula, especially a small one

Islandnoun

A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

Islandnoun

An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

Islandnoun

A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.

Islandnoun

A traffic island.

Islandnoun

(government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.

Islandnoun

(grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.

Islandverb

(transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.

Islandverb

(transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.

Islandverb

(transitive) To isolate.

Islandnoun

A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.

Islandnoun

Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.

Islandnoun

See Isle, n., 2.

Islandverb

To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.

Islandverb

To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.

Islandnoun

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

Islandnoun

a zone or area resembling an island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of subcontinental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.