Transitive verb used chiefly in woodworking/engineering meaning ‘to insert or fit a part flush into a surface’.
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To insert or set a piece of material into a surface so that it fits flush with it. He carefully inletted the brass plate into the wooden stock.
Attributive use before another noun, e.g. ‘inlet valve’, ‘inlet pipe’.
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Relating to or designed for an inlet (noun), used before another noun. The mechanic replaced the inlet valve.