inlet

plural inlets

1. A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.

   We hit a bad chop at the inlet.

   Synonyms: mere

2. A passage that leads into a cavity.

   1 more example

   1748. David Hume, 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;

present singular third person inlets · participle present inletting

1. transitiveTo let in; admit.
2. transitiveTo 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.”

   2012 December 17, “Archeologists Unearth Alien-Like Skulls In A Mexico Cemetery”, in RedOrbit, retrieved 13 Mar 2013

3. engineeringTo carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.