What is another word for inlets?

Pronunciation: [ˈɪnləts] (IPA)

Inlets are small waterways that connect to larger bodies of water. They are also called coves, bays, or harbors, depending on their specific characteristics and locations. Other synonyms for inlets include estuaries, fjords, creeks, lagoons, and channels. Estuaries are coastal inlets where freshwater mixes with saltwater from the ocean, while fjords are narrow inlets with steep cliffs on either side. Creeks are small, narrow inlets that are usually located in rural areas. Lagoons are inlets that are surrounded by sandbars or islands, and channels refer to deep, narrow inlets that are often used for navigation. Each of these synonyms captures a unique aspect of the geography and ecology of inlets.

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Usage examples for Inlets

The western sky burned with gold, the ice flashed with crimson inlets, but the heat was very feeble.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
There are islands everywhere, wonderful rock-walled inlets that one can sail into, beaches to which the primeval forest comes rolling down, and always above the blue waters tower tremendous ramparts of never-melting snow.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
We did not hear of any yachting going on, why I do not quite know, as I'd have thought The Bay a perfect place for racing, and with its inlets a rather pleasant cruising ground, but perhaps the sun makes sailing uncomfortable.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch

Famous quotes with Inlets

  • Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.
    William Blake
  • I have never written the music that was in my heart to write; perhaps I never shall with this brain and these fingers, but I know that hereafter it will be written; when instead of these few inlets of the senses through which we now secure impressions from without, there shall be a flood of impressions from all sides; and instead of these few tones of our little octave, there shall be an infinite scale of harmonies - for I feel it - I am sure of it. This world of music, whose borders even now I have scarcely entered, is a reality, is immortal.
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • In four years of work, I've idled my Zodiac down every one of its thousands of inlets, looked at every inch of its fractal coastline and found every single goddamned pipe that empties into it. Some of the pipes are big enough to park a car in and some are the size of your finger, but all of them have told their story to my gas chromatograph. And often it's the littlest pipes that cause the most damage. When I see a big huge pipe coming right out of a factory, I'm betting the pumpers have at least read the EPA regs. But when I find a tiny one, hidden below the waterline, sprouting from a mile-wide industrial carnival, I put on gloves before taking my sample. And sometimes the gloves melt.
    Neal Stephenson

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