Any hole or opening that allows water or gas to get out is an outlet. The place where water runs out of a lake and into a river is one example of an outlet.
The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
Noun
activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
Noun
an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
Noun
a place of business for retailing goods
Noun
receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
n.
The place or opening by which anything is let out; a
passage out; an exit; a vent.
v. t.
To let out; to emit.
Outlet
Receiving all, and having no outlet.
Outlet
The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
To let out; to emit.
Usage Examples
Don't count out other amazing programming like Frontline. You will still find more hours of in-depth news programming, investigative journalism and analysis on PBS than on any other outlet.
I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.'
I like men who are very cool but who are also so brilliant that they are almost insane. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits - men who would be flipping burgers if they hadn't found an outlet for their brilliant mind-sets.
At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.
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Other Usage ExamplesI think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner.
Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God.
My mom has always said that the one thing she wishes she had done differently is have a job. She felt like the single-mindedness made her a little nuts sometimes, and she could have used an outlet for herself when we were little.
Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
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