inlet
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈɪn.lɪt/
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ensenada
- We found a tiny sheltered inlet where a hillock blocked the wind, which was dying anyway.
- Cook Inlet
- Inlet belugas
- upper inlet
One's glad to wake up alive in a tent on a bluff over an inlet.
- One's glad to wake up alive in a tent on a bluff over an inlet.
- It was about a inlet, a sort of harbor at the Key West.
Examples
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To the right was the Mattituck Inlet and a marina further up the inlet.
Fiction book (1997) -
Part of the harbour inlet froze over the last time I was here.
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There was only one other boat in the whole inlet coming the other way.
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We're going to this inlet and drop anchor for the night.
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It's a little inlet on the backside of the big island.
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No, I spend all morning in this beautiful crescent-shaped inlet called Half Moon Bay.
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They're fishing over in the inlet now.
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There had been a marshy inlet where a stream entered the lake shyly, the shore tender.
Fiction book (1995) -
Last, I'd cut across the strait to Port Frederick, the long, narrow inlet where Hoonah nestles.
Fiction book (2001) -
We anchored our boat in the calm waters of the inlet to enjoy the sunset.
Synonyms
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7.6
A narrow area of sea between two areas of land
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8.8
A long narrow inlet on the coast where the sea covers a river valley
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9.9
A long narrow part of the sea that goes into the land
A small bay along a coast where the land curves inward
Compounds
- Specialized
A part of an engine that sends air and sometimes fuel to the cylinders
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Morphology
Etymology
Inlet comes from in- ('into') and -let ('small'), like in booklet or piglet. So an inlet is a small arm of the sea or lake that goes 'into' the land, often a narrow, sheltered place between rocks.