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inlet

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, in·let, in·let·ting.

inlet

a narrow inland opening of the coastline
an entrance or opening
the act of letting someone or something in
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

Origin of inlet¹

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

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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