inlet
About 4.42 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
We hit a bad chop at the inlet.
- noun A passage that leads into a cavity.
- verb To let in; admit.
- verb To insert; inlay.
- verb To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
Similar words
recess cove entry entrance entering enter ingress admission admittance input
Often followed by
and of to temperature valve is pressure air in
Word family
inlets
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