inlet
inlet is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.That which is let in or inland; an inserted material. Note: Inlet is also usewd adjectively,as in inlet pipe, inlet valve, etc.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- absence
- abysm
- abyss
- arm
- armlet
- artesian
- barranca
- bay
- bayou
- belt
- between
- bight
- breach
- breachy
- break
- broad
- caesura
- canon
- chap
- chasm
- chink
- cleft
- clove
- continental
- cove
- covered
- crack
- cranny
- creek
- crevasse
- crevice
- cut
- dam
- dead
- defile
- dike
- ditch
- dyke
- estuary
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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