- 1[usually passive] to fix something into the surface of something else, especially as a decoration inset A (with B) The tables were inset with ceramic tiles. inset B (into A) Ceramic tiles were inset into the tables.
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- 2inset something (into something) to put a small picture, map, etc. inside the borders of a bigger one
inset
verbNAmE//ˈɪnsɛt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they inset he / she / it insets
past simple insetted
-ing form insetting
Check pronunciation: inset