embayment

em·bay·ment  (m-bmnt)

n.

1. A bay or baylike shape.

2. The formation of a bay.

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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 gulf bay bight - 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