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inlet

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of inlet

a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline

went fishing in the quiet inlets of the coast

Synonyms of inlet

arm, bay, bight, cove, creek [chiefly British], embayment, estuary, firth, fjord (also fiord), gulf, loch [Scottish]

Words Related to inlet

harbor, port, road(s), roadstead

narrow, sound, strait

backwater, slough (also slew)

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