inlet
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4ADJ.
dangerous, great, other, protected
VERB + INLET
named
INLET + NOUN
tschiswapeki, west
PREP.
from, on, than
Definitions
noun
A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
A passage that leads into a cavity.
1748. David Hume, An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15. by opening this new inlet for sensations, you also open an inlet for the ideas;
verb
To let in; admit.
To insert; inlay.
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.”
To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
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61748. David Hume, An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford Uni
WiktionaryThe 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.”
WiktionaryThis inlet is protected from the storms that pass across the open ocean.
Tatoeba · #9948802The waters of the inlet were first charted during the eighteenth century.
Tatoeba · #11119984This bay produces more shellfish for American tables than any other inlet on the West Coast.
Tatoeba · #11142397There were once so many oysters in the 300 kilometer-long Chesapeake Bay, Native Americans named the inlet "Tschiswapeki" meaning "Great Shellfish Bay."
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