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Definition of Outlet
1. Noun. A place of business for retailing goods.
Specialized synonyms: Country Store, General Store, Trading Post, Department Store, Emporium, Discount House, Discount Store, Discounter, Wholesale House, Market, Market Place, Marketplace, Mart, Center, Mall, Plaza, Shopping Center, Shopping Centre, Shopping Mall, Shop, Store, Strip Mall
Terms within: Merchandise, Product, Ware
Generic synonyms: Business Establishment, Place Of Business
2. Noun. Receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices.
Specialized synonyms: Point, Power Point
Generic synonyms: Receptacle
3. Noun. An opening that permits escape or release. "The canyon had only one issue"
Generic synonyms: Opening
Specialized synonyms: Outfall
Derivative terms: Exit, Issue
4. Noun. Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion. "He gave vent to his anger"
Definition of Outlet
1. n. The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
2. v. t. To let out; to emit.
Definition of Outlet
1. Noun. a vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something ¹
2. Noun. something which allows for the release of one's desires ¹
3. Noun. a river that runs out of a lake ¹
4. Noun. a shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier ¹
5. Noun. a wall-mounted device such as a socket or receptacle connected to an electrical system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment or appliances. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outlet
1. a passage for escape or discharge [n -S]
Medical Definition of Outlet
1. An exit or opening of a passageway. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Outlet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"Bracket outlet; Electric only. Numeral^ in center indicates number of % Standard
16 CP ... outlet for Outdoor Standard or 6 Pedestal; Electric only. ..."
2. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"Bracket outlet; Electric only. Numeral, in center indicates number ot Standard 10 CP
... des Utt n outlet for Outdoor Standard or 6 Pedestal; Electric only. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"Hence he inclined to the opinion that there must be a subterranean outlet for
this immense lake, connecting it with the Lualaba River and series of lakes, ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"It is contended that what was known as the Cherokee outlet extended from the
ninety-sixth to the one hundredth degree of longitude, and included the three ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The selection of the outlet of the south pass of the Mississippi delta for ...
Deltaic Jetty outlet, South-West Pass, Mississippi. from the prior ..."
6. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1897)
"River, the outlet of the Nipissing Great Lakes. By FB TAYLOR. When the waters of
lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron were making the Nipissing beach, ..."
7. Irrigation and Drainage: Principles and Practice of Their Cultural Phases by Franklin Hiram King (1899)
"142, rather than as at B. If the outlet is beneath water, the checking of the
... Care should also be taken to so guard the outlet from the trampling of ..."
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