Definition of "inlet"

inlet¹

/ɪnˈlɛt/

verb
third-person singular simple present inlets, present participle inletting, simple past and past participle inlet
1. (transitive) To let in; admit.
2. (transitive) To insert; inlay.
  Quotations
  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.”
  2012 December 17, “Archeologists Unearth Alien-Like Skulls In A Mexico Cemetery”, in RedOrbit‎, retrieved 2013-03-13
3. (firearms) To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.

inlet²

/ˈɪnlət/

noun
plural inlets
1. A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
2. A passage that leads into a cavity.
  Quotations
  by opening this new inlet for sensations, you also open an inlet for the ideas;
  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.