inset

Plural: insets

Noun

a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
a piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment
A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
Anything inserted.
A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.

Verb

Verb Forms: insetted, insetting, insets

To set or place something within something else; to insert.
set or place in
To set in; infix or implant.
To insert something.
To add an inset to something.

Adj

Having been inset.

Examples

He managed to INSET a crucial ’Z’ into his opponent’s potential bingo lane, blocking it.
the inset diamonds
the inset liners

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).

Synonyms

gusset, insert

Scrabble Score: 5

inset: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
inset: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inset: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

inset: valid Words With Friends Word