kyle
/kaɪl/
noun
A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
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Noun 1 meaning
A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic caol (“narrow; thin; firth, narrows, strait, kyle; narrow part of something”) (genitive singular form caoil), from Old Irish coíl (“narrow, slender”), from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”).
Similar and opposite words
KYLE at a glance
KYLE has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (K 5 + Y 4 + L 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,606 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with kyle
All rhymes- STYLE8
- LIFESTYLE15
- FREESTYLE15
- HAIRSTYLE15
- ARGYLE10
- GARGOYLE13
- FOYLE11
- HOYLE11
- SLOPESTYLE15
- MOYLE10
- HAYLE11
- BAYLE10
One letter away
- KALE8
- KYTE11
- WYLE10
- KYNE11
- HYLE10
- FYLE10
- KYPE13
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