islet

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Synonyms for islet

noun land surrounded by body of water

noun. small island

noun. land surrounded by body of water

noun. land surrounded by body of water

1530s, from Middle French islette (Modern French îlette), diminutive of isle (see isle).

But she did not ask him what it was, for already they were at the islet, and she must run in, and put on her clothes.

Nevertheless he had suddenly made the islet seem different to her.

Then the inhabitants of the house on the islet were not asleep, were not even in bed.

The islet, dark and distinct in outline beneath the moon, summoned him.

First the two men at the Antico Giuseppone, and now this man on the islet!

"When I came to the top of the islet the Signorina was with that boy," the Marchesino continued.

Hassim and Immada would come down to the coast and wait for him on the islet.

Lingard, standing to leeward abreast of the wheel, watched the islet first seen.

The great island became a small island, the small island an islet.

They were on the upper extremity of the islet, while I was approaching it from below.