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Synonyms for bay

modified

reddish-brown, reddish, brownish-red, castaneous, chestnut, rufous, badeous, ruddy; see also brown.

noun

  1. Part of a sea or lake indenting the shoreline

    inlet, gulf, bayou, loch, bight, sound, fiord, firth, frith, estuary, strait, narrows, arm of the sea, mouth, lagoon, cove, anchorage, harbor.

  2. A recess

    alcove, nook, compartment, bay window; see alcove, recess 3, window 1.

at bay

cornered, caught, captured; see trapped.

bring to bay

verb

bellow, howl, cry; see bark 1.

See bay in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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