outlet
noun/ˈaʊtlɛt/ · /ˈaʊtlɪt/
Etymology 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”).
1
A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
2
Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
- Jamie found doing martial arts was a great outlet for her stress.
- Song of the bleeding throat, / Death’s outlet song of life, (for well dear brother I know, / If thou wast not granted to sing thou would’st surely die.)1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
3
A river that runs out of a lake.
4
A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
5
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.
- Derived terms
- media outlet, multioutlet, nonoutlet, no outlet, postal outlet, thoracic outlet syndrome