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Synonyms for inset

Grammar : Verb
Spell : noun in-set; verb in-set
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈɪnˌsɛt; verb ɪnˈsɛt

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Définition of inset

Origin :
  • 1550s, "influx of water, place where water flows in," from in + set (n.2). Meaning "extra pages of a book, etc." is from 1875; that of "small map in the border of a larger one" is from 1881.
  • As in introduce : verb add, insert
  • As in inlay : verb parquet
  • As in interlard : verb introduce
Example sentences :
  • One of the men brushed him aside and pulled at the inset handle.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • As well, I think, have had a portrait of Mr. Mills, with Mr. Boon inset.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 » by Various
  • At the other end of the arc of the inset he can read the degrees of the angle.
  • Extract from : « Montessori Elementary Materials » by Maria Montessori
  • A special tool for cutting the inset is desirable but not necessary.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration » by Charles Franklin Warner
  • The only parallel to them is to be found in the inset story of Cupid and Psyche.
  • Extract from : « Essays on the Greek Romances » by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
  • Inset, his pet blue-eyed staphylococcus begging for gelatine.
  • Extract from : « The Nurserymatograph » by A Lawyer
  • And every ship had an inset of iron in its non-magnetic hull.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, May, 1931 » by Various
  • The imitation diamonds that inset the clasp burned like star-splinters.
  • Extract from : « Caravans By Night » by Harry Hervey
  • This inset grille here contains both microphone and speaker—ear and mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Affair of the Brains » by Anthony Gilmore
  • The inset is a drawing of the paddle-wheels which fill the centre portion of the boat and which work upon the pivot marked 7.
  • Extract from : « New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 » by Various

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