noun
Meaning 1
A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We hit a bad chop at the inlet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mere
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inlet
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A passage that leads into a cavity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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. by opening this new inlet for sensations, you also open an inlet for the ideas;
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To let in; admit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To insert; inlay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opening
Narrower terms: air horn, siamese, siamese connection
noun
Meaning 7
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recess
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body of water, water
Narrower terms: cove, fjord, fiord, loch, Bristol Channel, Saronic Gulf, Gulf of Aegina, White Sea, Zuider Zee
History
Etymology
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”).
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ثَغْر (ṯaḡr) — body of water let into a coast
- Arabic: ثَغْر بَحْرِيّ (ṯaḡr baḥriyy) — body of water let into a coast
- Catalan: cala — body of water let into a coast
- Catalan: grau — body of water let into a coast
- Dutch: inham — body of water let into a coast
- Estonian: abajas — body of water let into a coast
- Finnish: lahti — body of water let into a coast
- French: crique — body of water let into a coast
- French: bras de rivière — body of water let into a coast
- Galician: abra — body of water let into a coast
- German: Seegatt — body of water let into a coast
- German: Meeresarm — body of water let into a coast
- Hungarian: öböl — body of water let into a coast
- Icelandic: vík — body of water let into a coast
- Icelandic: vogur — body of water let into a coast
- Italian: insenatura — body of water let into a coast
- Italian: estuario — body of water let into a coast
- Japanese: 浦 (ura) — body of water let into a coast
- Japanese: 入り江 (irie) — body of water let into a coast
- Japanese: 江 (e) — body of water let into a coast
- Latin: fenestra — body of water let into a coast
- Latin: aestuarium — body of water let into a coast
- Macedonian: за́лив (záliv) — body of water let into a coast
- Māori: matatikerewhanga — body of water let into a coast
- Persian: شیل (šil) — body of water let into a coast
- Plautdietsch: Bucht — body of water let into a coast
- Portuguese: enseada — body of water let into a coast
- Russian: зали́в (zalív) — body of water let into a coast
- Sicilian: cala — body of water let into a coast
- Spanish: ensenada — body of water let into a coast
- Thai: อ่าว (àao) — body of water let into a coast
- Turkish: koy — body of water let into a coast
- Turkish: körfez — body of water let into a coast
- Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez) — body of water let into a coast
- Welsh: cilfach — body of water let into a coast
- Estonian: sisselase — a passage into something
- Finnish: sisäänkäynti — a passage into something
- French: arrivée — a passage into something
- French: admission — a passage into something
- French: prise — a passage into something
- German: Einfahrt — a passage into something
- German: Zugang — a passage into something
- Japanese: 入口 (iriguchi) — a passage into something
- Māori: tomonga — a passage into something
- Māori: tomokanga — a passage into something
- Portuguese: entrada — a passage into something
- Sicilian: trasuta — a passage into something
- Sicilian: porta — a passage into something
- Spanish: entrada — a passage into something
- Spanish: acceso — a passage into something
- Tamil: வாயில் (vāyil) — a passage into something
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