intake

noun

1. the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
2. an act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen.
3. something that is taken in.
4. a quantity taken in: an intake of 50 gallons a minute.
5. a narrowing; contraction.

noun

1. a thing or a quantity taken inan intake of students
2. the act of taking in
3. the opening through which fluid enters a duct or channel, esp the air inlet of a jet engine
4. a ventilation shaft in a mine
5. a contraction or narrowingan intake in a garment