Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- a narrow passage between islands.
- a place of admission; entrance.
- something put in or inserted.
verb (used with object), in·let, in·let·ting.
- to put in; insert.
noun (ˈɪnˌlɛt)
- a narrow inland opening of the coastline
- an entrance or opening
- the act of letting someone or something in
- something let in or inserted
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- a passage, valve, or part through which a substance, esp a fluid, enters a device or machine
- (as modifier)an inlet valve
verb (ɪnˈlɛt) -lets, -letting or -let
- (tr) to insert or inlay
1570s, “narrow opening into a coast, arm of the sea,” a special use of Middle English inleten “to let in” (c.1300), from in + let (v.). In this sense said by old sources to be originally a Kentish term.
n.
- A passage leading into a cavity.