Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inlet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inlet \In"let\, n.
1. A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a
place of ingress; entrance.
Doors and windows,inlets of men and of light. --Sir
H. Wotton.
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.
3. That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.
Note: Inlet is also usewd adjectively,as in inlet pipe, inlet
valve, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inlet
n : an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky
headlands) [syn: {recess}]
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