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/kaɪl/ · noun
(Scotland) A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands..
[T]hough remote / From the main ocean many a mile / Inflooded past cape, creek, and kyle, / The sea-loch flanked by precipice walls, / With ever-lessening murmur crawls, / Till 'neath the Pass he lies subdued / By the o'er-aweing solitude; […]
Use kyle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kyle means (Scotland) A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands..
Common synonyms include firth, narrow, sound, strait.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[T]hough remote / From the main ocean many a mile / Inflooded past cape, creek, and kyle, / The sea-loch flanked by precipice walls, / With ever-lessening murmur crawls, / Till 'neath the Pass he lies subdued / By the o'er-aweing solitude; […]
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