1. A place of business for retailing goods
   "The new sales outlet in the mall attracted many shoppers";
   - mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet
    
2. Receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
   "He plugged the lamp into the electric outlet";
   - wall socket, wall plug, electric outlet, electrical outlet, electric receptacle
    
3. An opening that permits escape or release
   "the canyon had only one outlet";
   - exit, issue, way out
    
4. Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
   "she had no other outlet for her feelings";
   - release, vent
    
5. The mouth of a river into a lake or the sea; where a river flows out of a lake; an overflow or drainage stream
   "The lake's outlet provided a steady flow of water to the valley below"

Derived forms: outlets

Type of: activity, business establishment, escape, place of business, receptacle

Encyclopedia: Outlet, Ontario