inlet
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
inlet
n 1: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky
headlands) [syn: {inlet}, {recess}]
2: an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or
container [syn: {intake}, {inlet}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Inlet \In"let\, n.
1. A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a
place of ingress; entrance; especially, a narrow waterway
leading into a harbor.
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Doors and windows, inlets of men and of light. --Sir
H. Wotton.
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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.
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3. That which is let in or inlaid; an inserted material.
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Note: Inlet is also used adjectively, as in inlet pipe, inlet
valve, etc.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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