inlet

Noun
  1. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) (synset 109336622)
    is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    subtypes:
    • cove - a small inlet
    • fiord, fjord - a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
    • loch - a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
    specific instances:
    • bristol channel - an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England
    • gulf of aegina, saronic gulf - a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
    • white sea - a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia
    • zuider zee - a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer
    is a part of:
    • lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    • sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
    same as: recess
  2. An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container (synset 103581786)
    is a type of: opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
    subtypes:
    • air horn - air intake of a carburetor
    • siamese, siamese connection - an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building
    same as: intake

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