inlet
noun
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
inlets
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pluralof inlet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Another entry point is the 400-mile Guadalquivir River, a labyrinthine waterway of channels and inlets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The whales feast all summer long, and only then embark on a 6,000-mile journey south to Mexico, where females calve and nurse their young in the warm and protected inlets along the Baja Peninsula.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2024
“Fewer than two dozen inlets have been identified” with this damage, said Kowal.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Suddenly, at the beach, there was life everywhere: fish frothing in the surf, fish flooding inlets.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
Cities built near major bodies of water often create new land by dumping soil and rubble, called landfill, into bays and ocean inlets.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
