Inlet
Origin 1
From Middle English inleten, equivalent to - + let. Cognate with Dutch inlaten ("to let in, admit"), Low German inlaten ("to let in"), German einlassen ("to admit, let in"), Swedish inlåta ("to enter, engage").
Full definition of inlet
Verb
- (transitive) To let in; admit.
- (transitive) To insert; inlay.
- , 2012-12-17, , Archeologists Unearth Alien-Like Skulls In A Mexico Cemetery, The team said that many of the bones unearthed were the remains of children, leading them to believe the practice of deforming skulls “may have been inlet and dangerous.â€
Pronunciation
Origin 2
From Middle English inlÄte ("inlet, entrance"), from inleten ("to let in"), equivalent to - + let. Compare Low German inlat ("inlet"), German Einlass ("inlet, entrance").
Noun
inlet
(plural inlets)- A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
- A passage that leads into a cavity.
- 1748. HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.by opening this new inlet for sensations, you also open an inlet for the ideas;