Inlet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun That which is let in or inland; an inserted material.

II. Inlet ·noun A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.

III. Inlet ·noun A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.

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