embayment

[ em-bey-muhnt ]

/ ɛmˈbeɪ mənt /

noun

a bay.

Physical Geography. the process by which a bay is formed.

Origin of embayment

First recorded in 1805–15; embay + -ment

Words nearby embayment

embassy, embattle, embattled, embattlement, embay, embayment, Embden, Embden-Meyerhof pathway, embed, embedded microchips, embedding

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Example sentences from the Web for embayment

He pointed to a mass of rock lying right in the centre of the embayment, a heap which cut off our view on one side.
Devon Boys|George Manville Fenn
He turned into an embayment over a pier of the bridge he was crossing, and sat down to think.
Witness to the Deed|George Manville Fenn
Into an embayment between two of the out-stretching spurs Barbato conducts them.
The Lone Ranche|Captain Mayne Reid
It was in fact, a sort of natural breakwater—forming one side of a large cone, or embayment, lying between it and the true beach.
The Boy Slaves|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for embayment

embayment

/ (ɪmˈbeɪmənt) /

noun

a shape resembling a bay

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单词	embayment
释义	embayment [ em-bey-muhnt ] / ɛmˈbeɪ mənt / noun a bay. Physical Geography. the process by which a bay is formed. Origin of embayment First recorded in 1805–15; embay + -ment Words nearby embayment embassy, embattle, embattled, embattlement, embay, embayment, Embden, Embden-Meyerhof pathway, embed, embedded microchips, embedding Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for embayment He pointed to a mass of rock lying right in the centre of the embayment, a heap which cut off our view on one side. Devon Boys\|George Manville Fenn He turned into an embayment over a pier of the bridge he was crossing, and sat down to think. Witness to the Deed\|George Manville Fenn Into an embayment between two of the out-stretching spurs Barbato conducts them. The Lone Ranche\|Captain Mayne Reid It was in fact, a sort of natural breakwater—forming one side of a large cone, or embayment, lying between it and the true beach. The Boy Slaves\|Mayne Reid British Dictionary definitions for embayment embayment / (ɪmˈbeɪmənt) / noun a shape resembling a bay Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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