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Webster 1913 Edition
Inlet
In′let
,Noun.
1.
A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance;
especially,
a narrow waterway leading into a harbor.
Doors and windows,
inlets
of men and of light. Sir H. Wotton.
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.
3.
That which is let in or inlaid; an inserted material.
☞ Inlet is also used adjectively, as in inlet pipe, inlet valve, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inlet
IN'LET
,Noun.
1.
A bay or recess in the shore of the sea or of a lake or large river, or between isles.In limine, [L.] at the threshold; at the beginning or outset.
Definition 2025
inlet
inlet
English
Verb
inlet (third-person singular simple present inlets, present participle inletting, simple past and past participle inlet)
Etymology 2
From Middle English inlāte (“inlet, entrance”), from inleten (“to let in”), equivalent to in- + let. Compare Low German inlat (“inlet”), German Einlass (“inlet, entrance”).
Pronunciation
Noun
inlet (plural inlets)
- A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
- A passage that leads into a cavity.
- 1748. HUME, David. 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;
- 1748. HUME, David. 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.
Translations
body of water let into a coast
a passage into something