inlet
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lɛt, -lɪt; 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)
5.
to put in; insert.
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| inlet | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| 5. | a. a passage, valve, or part through which a substance, esp a fluid, enters a device or machine |
| b. (as modifier): an inlet valve | |
| —vb , -lets, -letting, -let | |
| 6. | (tr) to insert or inlay |
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Word Origin & History
inlet
1570, "narrow opening into a coast, arm fo the sea," a special use of M.E. inleten "to let in" (c.1300). Originally a Kentish term.
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Medical Dictionary
inlet in·let (ĭn'lět', -lĭt)
n.
A passage leading into a cavity.
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Example sentences
He looks out over the inlet toward a blue and white iceberg.
Miserly throttle on petrol causes drag from the below atmospheric pressure in the inlet manifold.
They read the sea well, too, and decided to run for a sheltered inlet.
Though lessened, the threat of an inlet breach was hardly gone.
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