About The Word Inlet
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Inlet
Inlet Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Inlet?
[n] an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Inlet: recess Related Terms | Find terms related to Inlet: access | adit | air lock | aisle | alley | ambulatory | aperture | approach | arcade | arm | artery | avenue | bay | bayou | bight | broaching | cavity | channel | chasm | check | clearing | cleft | cloister | colonnade | communication | conduit | connection | corridor | cove | covered way | crack | creek | defile | disclosure | entrance | entranceway | entry | entryway | exit | fenestra | ferry | fistula | fontanel | foramen | ford | gallery | gangplank | gangway | gap | gape | gat | gulf | hall | harbor | hiatus | hole | hollow | in | ingress | intake | interchange | intersection | interval | junction | lacuna | lane | laying open | leak | loch | lough | means of access | opening | opening up | orifice | outlet | overpass | pass | passage | passageway | pore | portico | railroad tunnel | slot | slough | space | split | stoma | throwing open | traject | trajet | tunnel | uncorking | underpass | unstopping | vestibule | way | way in | yawn See Also | body of water | Bristol Channel | cove | fiord | fjord | Gulf of Aegina | lake | loch | Saronic Gulf | sea | water | White Sea Inlet In Webster's Dictionary \In"let\, n.
1. A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a
place of ingress; entrance.
Doors and windows,inlets of men and of light. --Sir
H. Wotton.
2. A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large
river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or
between islands.
3. That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.
Note: Inlet is also usewd adjectively,as in inlet pipe, inlet
valve, etc.
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