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inlet

[ noun in-let, -lit; verb in-let, in-let ]

noun

  1. an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
  2. a narrow passage between islands.
  3. a place of admission; entrance.
  4. something put in or inserted.


verb (used with object)

, in·let, in·let·ting.
  1. to put in; insert.

inlet

noun

  1. a narrow inland opening of the coastline
  2. an entrance or opening
  3. the act of letting someone or something in
  4. something let in or inserted
    1. a passage, valve, or part through which a substance, esp a fluid, enters a device or machine
    2. ( as modifier )

      an inlet valve

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to insert or inlay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inlet1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; in, let 1
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Example Sentences

Again, only about a 15-minute drive from downtown, and I was immersed in nature, this time surrounded by lagoons, sandbars and inlets.

MacDonnell’s getaway was on a Delaware barrier island with a view of a small town across an inlet to the west.

From there, paddle out southward to the Turnagain Arm bore tide, an up to ten-foot wave that usually occurs twice daily, when the incoming ocean tide meets the outgoing water from the inlet.

Expect to spin up to 55 miles a day, cruising along rugged inlets, past award-winning vineyards, and into soaring alps.

I tested this kayak in the back of a new inlet cut by Hurricane Sandy through a barrier beach on Long Island’s South Shore.

Fraser River, False Creek, Burrard Inlet—all those regions around there are somewhat semi-enclosed.

In an inlet north of Pensacola Beach, his crew sighted more tar balls.

Four miles to the north of Smoky Cape is an inlet having a bar harbour, on which there is but eight feet water.

The western side of the inlet is occupied by a bank of clay, that dries at low water.

The harbour, formed by the estuary of the river and Yellow Mill Pond, an inlet, is excellent.

It, too, lay in a narrow valley between rugged mountains at the head of a deep inlet.

On the 7th, off New River Inlet, we discovered a small sail standing to the northward.

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