em·bay·ment ( m-b  m nt)n. 1. A bay or baylike shape. 2. The formation of a bay. |
embayment [ɪmˈbeɪmənt]
n
a shape resembling a bay
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| Noun | 1. |  embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulfbight - 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 1903 sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land |
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