embayment

em·bay·ment

E0102100 (ĕm-bā′mənt)n.1. A bay or baylike shape.2. The formation of a bay.

embayment

(ɪmˈbeɪmənt) na shape resembling a bay

em•bay•ment

(ɛmˈbeɪ mənt)

n. a bay or baylike formation. [1805–15]

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embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulfbaybight - a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"Guantanamo Bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land