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Meanings of inlet in English

Portuguese
golfo estreito
Catalan
ancó
Spanish
seno

An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

golfo estreito
Catalan
presa
Spanish
toma

An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container.

presa

A broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline.

Type of cotton fabric.

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Examples for "bight"
1
An outlet through the bight for your product when you commence manufacturing.
Kindred of the Dust
2
Using a dedicated locking carabiner, clip this bight to your belay loop.
Climbing Magazine
3
Make a bight in the rope about three feet from the end.
Climbing Magazine
4
Have the free strand go behind the weighted strand to form a bight.
Climbing Magazine
5
The two-handed Munter:With the rope in one hand, form a bight.
Climbing Magazine
Usage of inlet in English
1
One morning when he went down to the inlet he heard voices.
Depths
2
And I watched the inlet for other waifs; but nothing more came.
The Morgesons: A Novel
3
The gully enters the boulder-strewn inlet under the shade of much leafage.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
4
She breasted the fierce waves at the entrance to the inlet boldly.
A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
5
Next day we started north along the west side of the inlet.
The North Pole / Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the...
6
In an inlet, it can rise to a towering height very quickly.
Reuters
7
The new inlet connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Jones Tide Pond....more
Reuters
8
He and one sailor had escaped and swum across the little inlet.
The Shipwreck / A Story for the Young
9
The entrance of this inlet is shoal and only passable for boats.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
10
As soon as I had done here I proceeded up the inlet.
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World /...
11
A snappy little breeze blew up the inlet and held him back.
Lost Face
12
Yoroido was a tiny town, just at the opening of an inlet.
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
13
This immense inlet of Hudson Bay must lead to the Western Ocean.
The Great Lone Land / A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the...
14
The north point of this imaginary inlet was named Point St. Vincent.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 / ...
15
Hoped to find inlet to lake, but only one ends in bog.
A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
16
One day the two farm labourers from Kättilö sailed into the inlet.
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Inlet through the time
Inlet across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common