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Word entry · 5 letters

inlet

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"Small bay"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪnlət/Part of speech nounSorted eilntStarts with IEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle English inlāte (“inlet, entrance”), from inleten (“to let in”), equivalent to in- + let. Compare Low German inlat (“inlet”), German Einlass (“inlet, entrance”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.”

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