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Dictionary: in·let   (ĭn'lĕt', -lĭt) pronunciation
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n.
    1. A recess, such as a bay or cove, along a coast.
    2. A stream or bay leading inland, as from the ocean; an estuary.
    3. A narrow passage of water, as between two islands.
    4. A drainage passage, as to a culvert.
  2. An opening providing a means of entrance or intake.

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noun

    A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea: bay1, bight, cove. See territory.

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Definition: sea
Antonyms: outlet

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A means or route of entrance.

  • pelvic i. — see pelvic inlet.
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IN BRIEF: A small body of water leading into a larger.

pronunciation There are continents and seas in the moral world, to which every man is an isthmus or inlet, yet unexplored by him. — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American philosopher & naturalist, writer.

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An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon or marsh. In sea coasts an inlet usually refers to the actual connection between a bay and the ocean and is often called an "entrance" or a recession in the shore of a sea, lake or river. A certain kind of inlet created by glaciation is a fjord, typically but not always in mountainous coastlines and also in montane lakes.

Complexes of large inlets or fjords may be called sounds, e.g. Puget Sound, Howe Sound, Karmsund (sund is Norwegian for "sound"). Some fjord-type inlets are called canals, e.g. Portland Canal, Lynn Canal, Hood Canal, and some are channels, e.g. Dean Channel, Douglas Channel.

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Bruun, Per; A.J. Mehta (1978). Stability of Tidal Inlets: Theory and Engineering. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co.. pp. 510. ISBN 978-0-444-41728-2. 

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indløb, indgang, åbning, ventil, fjord, vig

Nederlands (Dutch)
inlaat, inham, inlegsel

Français (French)
n. - bras de mer, crique, bras de fleuve, (Tech) arrivée, admission (d'air, de fuel)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einlaß(öffnung), Bucht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - είσοδος, πρόσβαση, (γεωγρ.) αγκάλη, ορμίσκος

Italiano (Italian)
insenatura, piccola baia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - entrada (f), braço (m) de mar

Русский (Russian)
вставлять, входное отверстие, узкий морской залив

Español (Spanish)
n. - ensenada, cala

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sund, havsarm, ingång, inlopp, infällning (t.ex. av tyg)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
进口, 水湾, 入口

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 進口, 水灣, 入口

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 후미, 입구, 삽입물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 入り江, 入り口, 引き入れ口, はめ込んだ物, 入口

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مدخل, خليج صغير, رفرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפרץ צר, לשון-ים, דבר מוכנס, כניסה, דבר תחוב‬

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