Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bay or baylike shape.
- noun The formation of a bay.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A part of the sea closed in and sheltered by capes or promontories.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A bay.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
bay . - noun the
process by which a bay is formed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
Etymologies
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Examples
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So, the location of the end of the embayment is a wild guess.
Archive 2006-02-01 AYDIN 2006
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But Mannering was chiefly delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea; the Frith of Forth, with its islands; the embayment which is terminated by the Law of North Berwick; and the varied shores of Fife to the northward, indenting with a hilly outline the clear blue horizon.
Chapter XXXVII 1917
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But Mannering was chiefly delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea — the Firth of Forth, with its islands, the embayment which is terminated by the Law of North Berwick, and the varied shores of
Guy Mannering 1815
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But Mannering was chiefly delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea -- the Firth of Forth, with its islands, the embayment which is terminated by the Law of North
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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But Mannering was chiefly delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea -- the Firth of Forth, with its islands, the embayment which is terminated by the Law of North
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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But Mannering was chiefly delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea -- the Firth of Forth, with its islands, the embayment which is terminated by the Law of North Berwick, and the varied shores of Fife to the northward, indenting with a hilly outline the clear blue horizon.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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The Apalachicola embayment is the major structural feature that dominates the geology of the reserve and river system.
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, Florida 2009
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Glacier acceleration and thinning after ice shelf collapse in the Larsen B embayment, Antarctica.
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Average depth of the embayment is 2.7 meters (m) with channels extending to 17.7 m.
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire 2008
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Shark Bay itself is a large shallow embayment, approximately 13,000 square kilometers (km2) in area, with an average depth of 9 m (maximum of 29 m).
Shark Bay, Australia 2008
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