Land in water (4)
I believe the answer is:
isle
'land in water' is the definition.
(an isle is a bit of land surrounded by water)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "eg Thanet" , "Skye, for instance" , "Small area of land in water" , "Atoll" , "Such as Man or Bute" .)