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inlet

/ˈɪnlət/noun2 syllables

Inlet means: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).

Synonyms for inlet3

noun, as in an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

recess

noun, as in an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

intake

also used for inlet

mere

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What does inlet mean?2

noun

1

an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

2

an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Inlet in a sentence

  • This inlet is protected from the storms that pass across the open ocean.AlanF_US
  • The waters of the inlet were first charted during the eighteenth century.CM
  • This bay produces more shellfish for American tables than any other inlet on the West Coast.Cangarejo

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Forms of inlet

as a noun

plural
inlets