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Noun Concept
Categories: Coastal and oceanic landforms, Bays, Oceanographical terminology, Coastal geography, Bodies of water
EN
bay  embayment  bay beach  Bay beaches  bays
EN
An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf WordNet 3.0
English:
geography
Definitions
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An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. Wikipedia
Area of water bordered by land on three sides. Wikipedia Disambiguation
An open, curving indentation made by the sea or a lake into a coastline. OmegaWiki
A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land. Wiktionary
Body of water. Wiktionary (translation)
The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water). Wiktionary
Shoreline. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
body of water
PART OF
sea
HAS KIND
bight
Guantanamo Bay
cove
fjord
firth
+8 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Abukir
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Biscay
Gulf of Campeche
Bay of Fundy
+30K relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Otto's encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
roadstead
broadening
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
bay, embayment
Wikipedia
EN
bay
Wikidata
EN
bay
Wiktionary
EN
bay, embayment
OmegaWiki
EN
bay
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
BAY, Bay (geography), bay beach, Bay beaches, bays, Embayments, enclosed bay, semi-enclosed bay
Wikidata Alias
EN
bays, embayment

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