inlet
/ˈɪnlət/
inlet noun: a body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
Noun
inlet (plural inlets)
- A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
- We hit a bad chop at the inlet.
- Synonyms:
- mere
- A passage that leads into a cavity.
- 1748. David Hume, An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.
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- 1748. David Hume, An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.
Verb
IPA/ɪnˈlɛt/
inlet (third-person singular simple present inlets, present participle inletting, simple past and past participle inlet)
- To let in; admit.
- To insert; inlay.
- The team said that many of the bones unearthed were the remains of children, leading them to believe the practice of deforming skulls “may have been inlet and dangerous.”2012 December 17, “Archeologists Unearth Alien-Like Skulls In A Mexico Cemetery”, in RedOrbit, retrieved 13 Mar 2013
- To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
inlet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
inlet in Hindi
- इनलेट
inlet in Tamil
- a passage into something
- வாயில் vāyil
inlet in Marathi
- इनलेट
inlet in Urdu
- آب گیر, چھوٹی خلیج, مدخل, ناکہ, سوراخ, تنگ کھاڑی
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- inlet in Bengali
- খাঁড়ি, প্রবেশপথ, ছোট উপসাগর
- inlet in Telugu
- ఇన్లెట్
- inlet in Malayalam
- ഉൾക്കടൽ, ചെറു ഉൾക്കടൽ, വാതിൽ, പ്രവേശനമാർഗ്ഗം
- inlet in Kannada
- ಖಾರಿ, ಕಡಲಚಾಚು, ಪ್ರವೇಶದ್ವಾರ, ಒಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುವ ದಾರಿ
- inlet in Punjabi
- ਇਨਲੈੱਟ
- inlet in Gujarati
- ઇનલેટ
- inlet in Nepali
- इनलेट, इन्लेट
- inlet in Arabic
- ثَغْر ṯaḡr, ثَغْر بَحْرِيّ ṯaḡr baḥriyy
- inlet in Persian
- شیل šil
- inlet in Thai
- อ่าว àao
Examples of inlet in a sentence
- Then he gave it full speed ahead, and shot us into the inlet.
- The Etang de Diana in Corsica is a bahira type of inlet.
- The pelve is wider, and so is its pelvic inlet bone.
Synonyms of inlet
Forms of inlet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | inlets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | inlets |
| present participle | inletting |
| past participle | inlet |
| past | inlet |
Origin of inlet
From Middle English inlāte (“inlet, entrance”), from inleten (“to let in”), equivalent to in- + let. Compare Low German inlat (“inlet”), German Einlass (“inlet, entrance”).
From Middle English inleten, equivalent to in- + let. Cognate with Dutch inlaten (“to let in, admit”), Low German inlaten (“to let in”), German einlassen (“to admit, let in”), Swedish inlåta (“to enter, engage”).
Words formed from inlet
Phrases with inlet
Questions about inlet
- What does inlet mean?
- Inlet means a body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
- What is inlet in Hindi?
- Inlet in Hindi is इनलेट. See Inlet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inlet?
- Inlet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce inlet?
- Inlet is pronounced /ˈɪnlət/.
- What is the plural of inlet?
- The plural of inlet is inlets.
Words near inlet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inlet (page history and authors); inlet (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inlet (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inlet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inlet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inlet (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inlet (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inlet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inlet (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inlet (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inlet (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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