Verb
inlet (inlets, present participle inletting; past and past participle inlet)
Nouninlet (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.
- French: crique, bras de rivière
- German: Seegatt, n
- Italian: insenatura, estuario
- Portuguese: enseada
- Russian: залив
- Spanish: ensenada
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