Intake
WordNet
noun
(1) The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
(2) An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.
- An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.