inlet
nounEtymology
From Middle English inleten, equivalent to in- + 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”).
- inherited from inlate
Definitions
A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
A passage that leads into a cavity.
To let in
To let in; admit.
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To insert
To insert; inlay.
- 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.”
To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
The neighborhood
- synonyminlet
- neighborbody of water
- neighborlandform
- neighborbay
- neighborcove
- neighborfjord
- neighborestuary
- neighborsound
- neighborlagoon
- neighbormarsh
- neighborcanal
- neighborchannel
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at inlet. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at inlet. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at inlet
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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