isle : Idioms & Phrases

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aegadean isles

  • noun a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
    Aegates; Isole Egadi; Egadi Islands; Aegadean Islands.
  • noun islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC
    Aegadean Isles.
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aegates isles

  • noun islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC
    Aegadean Isles.
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belle isle cress

  • noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
    American watercress; Barbarea verna; early winter cress; American cress; Barbarea praecox; land cress.
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british isles

  • noun Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
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emerald isle

  • noun an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
    Hibernia; Ireland.
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hebridean isles

  • noun a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
    Hebridean Islands; Hebridean Isles; Western Islands; Hebrides.
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isle of man

  • noun one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
    Man.
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isle of skye

  • noun an island of northwestern Scotland noted for its rugged mountain scenery
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isle of wight

  • noun an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
    Wight.
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isle royal national park

  • noun a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines
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isles of langerhans

  • noun cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ; secrete insulin and other hormones
    islets of Langerhans; islands of Langerhans.
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isles of scilly

  • noun an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates
    Scilly Islands.
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safety isle

  • noun a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians
    safety zone; traffic island; safety island.
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western isles

  • noun a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
    Hebridean Islands; Hebridean Isles; Western Islands; Hebrides.
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windward isles

  • noun a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles
    Windward Islands.
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