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inlet

[ noun in-let, -lit; verb in-let, in-let ]

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)

inlet, inletting.
  1. to put in; insert.

inlet

noun

  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
    1. a passage, valve, or part through which a substance, esp a fluid, enters a device or machine
    2. ( as modifier )

      an inlet valve

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to insert or inlay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of inlet1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; in, let 1
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On Monday HM Coastguard said some were beginning to wash up around The Wash – a large inlet of the North Sea stretching from just south of Skegness to near Hunstanton, in Norfolk.

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The Wash is a large inlet of the North Sea stretching from south of Skegness, in Lincolnshire, to near Hunstanton, in Norfolk.

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The Wash, where pellets have been spotted, is a large inlet of the North Sea which stretches from just south of Skegness, in Lincolnshire, to a point near Hunstanton, in Norfolk.

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Unakleet and Nome are about 150 miles from each other across Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea on Alaska's western coast.

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The two cities are some 146 miles from each other across the Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea on Alaska's western coast.

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