'Inlet' definitions:
Definition of 'inlet'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Inlet'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Doors and windows, inlets of men and of light. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is let in or inlaid; an inserted material. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Inlet is also used adjectively, as in inlet pipe, inlet valve, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inlet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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