embayment
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- noun A bay or baylike shape.
- noun The formation of a bay.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A part of the sea closed in and sheltered by capes or promontories.
Examples
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But Mannering was chiefly delighted with the view from the windows, which commanded that incomparable prospect of the ground between Edinburgh and the sea — the Firth of Forth, with its islands, the embayment which is terminated by the Law of North Berwick, and the varied shores of
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The Apalachicola embayment is the major structural feature that dominates the geology of the reserve and river system.
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The presence of many baby skeletons suggests that the place was a shallow and nutrient-rich embayment frequented for calving.
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The embayment also is apt to hold detritus, and so forms in time a beach at the foot of the cliff, over which the waves rarely are able to mount with such energy as will enable them to strike the wall in an effective manner.
Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography
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The coarser stones, however, either remain at the foot of the cliff until they are beaten to pieces, or are driven along the shore until they find some embayment into which they enter.
Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography
Note
The 'bay' of 'embayment' came into English from Latin, through French.
