inlet

DEFINITIONS OF: inlet

Examples:: show 6 examples...; hide 6 examples...; Bristol Channel
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England; Gulf of Aegina
a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece; White Sea
a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia; Zuider Zee
a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer; Loch Linnhe
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland; Trondheim Fiord
a long narrow inlet of the Norwegian Sea

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; cove
a small inlet; fiord, fjord
a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway; loch
a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked); lough
a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland

Type of:: body of water, water
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

Types:: air horn
air intake of a carburetor; siamese, siamese connection
an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building

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