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Word entry · 6 letters

outlet

Best crossword clue

"Place to plug in"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈaʊtlɛt/Part of speech nounSorted elottuStarts with OEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

Word origin

From Middle English outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from Middle English outleten (“to allow, let out, emit”), equivalent to out- + let. Compare West Frisian útlit (“outlet”), Dutch uitlaat (“outlet”), German Auslass (“outlet”).

Used in a sentence

  • Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
  • Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’s outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)
  • I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.

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