Synonyms for inlet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun in-let, -lit; verb in-let, in-let

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈɪn lɛt, -lɪt; verb ˈɪnˌlɛt, ɪnˈlɛt

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Définition of inlet

Origin : 1570s, "narrow opening into a coast, arm of the sea," a special use of Middle English inleten "to let in" (c.1300), from in + let (v.). In this sense said by old sources to be originally a Kentish term.

noun arm of the sea

Example sentences :

There had been a storm, and a good many vessels had run into the inlet for shelter.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

Meantime the weather had cleared, and all the vessels but one had gone from the inlet.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

The same night that Maynard came into the inlet a wedding was held on the shore.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

The boat is slowly entering the inlet, but has to struggle with a head-tide.
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

She stood on the shore by the inlet, she saw the boat coming in from the open sea.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Once more he raised the glass to his eye and gazed toward the inlet of the atoll.
Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis

It was of Alice that every crag and cliff, every bay and inlet spoke.
Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

By two of the afternoon we were running into the inlet of Rio Medio.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

He was reefed close and was making for the inlet, up Bay End way.
Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock

There is going to be an inlet all right, some day, over on the dunes!
Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock

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