inletn.1. A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance;()Doors and windows, inlets of men and of light. (Sir H. Wotton.)2. A bay or recess, as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.()3. That which is let in or inlaid; an inserted material.()()