outlet.
A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
Meaning & usage
A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
A river that runs out of a lake.
A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
A wall-mounted socket connected to an electrical power supply, at which current can be taken to run electrical devices.
I had to move the cupboard to get to the power outlet.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English outlete, outeleate, ut-lete, derived from Middle English outleten (“to allow, let out, emit”), equivalent to out- + let. Compare West Frisian útlit (“outlet”), Dutch uitlaat (“outlet”), German Auslass (“outlet”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.