noun
Meaning 1
A bay. (the water)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
embayment
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Pronunciation
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/ɪmˈbeɪmənt/
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CMU ARPABET: EH0 M B EY1 M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)
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noun
Meaning 3
A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.
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noun
Meaning 4
The process by which a bay is formed.
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noun
Meaning 5
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body of water, water
Narrower terms: bight, Guantanamo Bay, Abukir, Abukir Bay, Andaman Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bay of Biscay, Bay of Fundy, Bay of Naples, Biscayne Bay, Bo Hai, Po Hai, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, Galveston Bay, Galway Bay, Hangzhou Bay, James Bay, Korea Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Minamata Bay, Mobile Bay, Monterey Bay, Moreton Bay, Narragansett Bay, New York Bay, Osaka Bay, Penobscot Bay, Prudhoe Bay, San Diego Bay, San Francisco Bay, Sea of Azov, Sea of Azof, Sea of Azoff, Tampa Bay
History
Etymology
From em- + bay + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: залив (zaliv) — bay
- German: Bucht — bay
- German: Einbuchtung — bay
- German: Buchtuferline — shoreline