Inlet

//ˈɪnlət//

Synonyms for "inlet" (118 found)

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Translations

51 translations across 26 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • ثَغْر noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • ثَغْر بَحْرِيّ noun (body of water let into a coast)

Catalan

2 entries
  • cala noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • grau noun (body of water let into a coast)

Dutch

1 entries
  • inham noun (body of water let into a coast)

Estonian

2 entries
  • abajas noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • sisselase noun (a passage into something)

Finnish

2 entries
  • lahti noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • sisäänkäynti noun (a passage into something)

French

4 entries
  • admission noun (a passage into something)
  • arrivée noun (a passage into something)
  • bras de rivière noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • crique noun (body of water let into a coast)

Galician

1 entries
  • abra noun (body of water let into a coast)

German

4 entries
  • Einfahrt noun (a passage into something)
  • Meeresarm noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • Seegatt noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • Zugang noun (a passage into something)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • öböl noun (body of water let into a coast)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • vogur noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • vík noun (body of water let into a coast)

Italian

2 entries
  • estuario noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • insenatura noun (body of water let into a coast)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 入り江 noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • 入口 noun (a passage into something)
  • noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • noun (body of water let into a coast)

Latin

2 entries
  • aestuarium noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • fenestra noun (body of water let into a coast)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • за́лив noun (body of water let into a coast)

Māori

3 entries
  • matatikerewhanga noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • tomokanga noun (a passage into something)
  • tomonga noun (a passage into something)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • كورفز noun (body of water let into a coast)

Persian

1 entries
  • شیل noun (body of water let into a coast)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Bucht noun (body of water let into a coast)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • enseada noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • entrada noun (a passage into something)

Russian

1 entries
  • зали́в noun (body of water let into a coast)

Sicilian

3 entries
  • cala noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • porta noun (a passage into something)
  • trasuta noun (a passage into something)

Spanish

3 entries
  • acceso noun (a passage into something)
  • ensenada noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • entrada noun (a passage into something)

Tamil

1 entries
  • வாயில் noun (a passage into something)

Thai

1 entries
  • อ่าว noun (body of water let into a coast)

Turkish

2 entries
  • koy noun (body of water let into a coast)
  • körfez noun (body of water let into a coast)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cilfach noun (body of water let into a coast)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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Beyond his small fleet of ships anchored safely past the shallow mud flats, the captain could just make out a row of low hills in the offing, but even with binoculars he could not see beyond the horizon to the mighty offshore wind turbines which he had sailed by on his approach to the inlet.

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This inlet is protected from the storms that pass across the open ocean.

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My Jamaican university friend's Jewish uncle possessed a big beautiful mansion in West Vancouver, BC. There was a jacuzzi near a heated swimming pool, overlooking Burrard Inlet. I was not jealous, because people like me with a big imagination can always imagine something greater. The Jewish uncle and aunt were one of the first tourists to go to the PRC, when it first opened up to foreigners.

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The waters of the inlet were first charted during the eighteenth century.

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