Definition of inlet

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Inlet (n.) 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..

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Haven :: Haven (n.) A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port..
Slough :: Slough (n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
Veinlet :: Veinlet (n.) A small vein.
Arm :: Arm (n.) An inlet of water from the sea.
Voe :: Voe (n.) An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands..
Finlet :: Finlet (n.) A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin.
Nozzle :: Nozzle (n.) A short outlet, or inlet, pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler..
Venule :: Venule (n.) A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zool.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects..
Inrunning :: Inrunning (n.) The act or the place of entrance; an inlet.
Cove :: Cove (n.) A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore..
Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..
Chainlet :: Chainlet (n.) A small chain.
Bay :: Bay (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character..
Inlet :: Inlet (n.) That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.
Fiord :: Fiord (n.) A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska..
Inlet :: Inlet (n.) A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.
Port :: Port (v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively..
Hope :: Hope (n.) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London..
Indusium :: Indusium (n.) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet..
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