embayment

Meaning

Noun

  • A bay.
  • The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline.
  • A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.
  • The process by which a bay is formed.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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