Definition of "inlets" []

• Plural form of inlet. (noun)

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• "In Philadelphia, McColl says, most of the stolen covers are technically not over manholes but "inlets," which can be either circular or rectangular."
• "The changes of position and depth of the different "inlets," or passages for the ocean and sound waters across the reef-barrier, present one of the most remarkable conditions of this whole remarkable region."
• "South of this, and as far as the South Carolina line, the sand-reef continues, only interrupted, as a barrier to the ocean, by the entrance of the Cape Fear river, and a few other and much smaller "inlets," or deep breaches through the sand-reef."