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Noun Concept

Categories: Bodies of water, Coastal and oceanic landforms, Inlets

inlet recess bight inlets Inlt

An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) WordNet 3.0

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An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An inlet is a indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea. Wikipedia

Indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow. Wikipedia Disambiguation

In coastal geography, an indentation of a shoreline that often leads to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon, or marsh Wikidata

A broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline. OmegaWiki

Body of water let into a coast. Wiktionary (translation)

A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary. Wiktionary

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