inset

Meanings

1. To set in; infix or implant.
2. To insert something.
3. To add an inset to something.

1. A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
2. Anything inserted.
3. A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
4. A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.
5. An opening partway down a shaft, giving access to the intermediate levels.

1. Having been inset.

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”).