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Inlet

Inlet Meaning & Definition
Inlet Definition And Meaning

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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