单词	embayment
释义	embayment noun em·​bay·​ment im-ˈbā-mənt  1 : formation of a bay 2 : a bay or a conformation resembling a bay Synonyms arm bay bight cove creek [chiefly British] estuary firth fjord fiord gulf inlet loch [Scottish] See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy Recent Examples on the Web The refuge is just above the Sauty Creek embayment on TVA’s Guntersville Reservoir, 7 miles west of Scottsboro in Jackson County. al, 22 June 2022 Those are: Baker’s Creek embayment at Wheeler Reservoir in Morgan County – Do not eat any species due to presence of PFOs. Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 7 June 2022 The explorers paddled down the western side of the Door Peninsula into an embayment and river system teeming with wild rice, wild celery, waterfowl, beavers and fish — lots and lots of fish. jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021 The Tonto wends into a huge, red-walled embayment, called the Inferno, and our view — while stirring — holds distressingly steady. Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021 The town's prime spot on the Mississippi Sound, an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico, provides a glorious stretch of white-sanded beach with virtually no crowds. Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2021 In many places, ice shelves attach to the land along the sides of an embayment, providing some anchoring that slows their forward motion. Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2020 As recently as 2014, geological consensus held that the Mississippi began flowing through the embayment around 20 million years ago. Dean Kilnkenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2020 Green Bay, a massive embayment on the lake’s west shore, is shallow and fertile, and offers some of the best smallmouth bass and muskie fishing in the country. Steve Quinn, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1 embayment noun as in estuary a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy a river embayment Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance estuary bay cove gulf firth inlet loch creek fjord port harbor bight arm fiord bayou strait narrow roadstead sound road(s) slough backwater slew slue
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