EGAVE

inset

About 1.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To set in; infix or implant.
  2. verb To insert something.
  3. verb To add an inset to something.
  4. noun A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
    a map of the whole state with city maps as insets
  5. noun Anything inserted.
  6. noun A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
  7. noun A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
  8. noun An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.

Similar words

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Often followed by

shows in of with is map into to on

Word family

insets insetted insetting

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