Bight synonyms

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cove
A small bay or inlet
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angle
2013 January 1, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 64:
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inlet
A narrow strip of water extending into a body of land from a river, lake, ocean, etc.; small bay or creek
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noose
An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
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road
(US) A railway; (British) a single railway track. [from 19th c.]
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bay
The definition of a bay is a large body of water connected to an ocean or sea formed by an inlet of land.
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territory (related)
An area for which a person is responsible as a representative or agent:
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heligoland (related)
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fiord (related)
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Skaggerak (related)
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bayou
A body of water, such as a creek or small river, that is a tributary of a larger body of water.
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bend
(Heraldry) A diagonal stripe or band on a shield from the upper left to the lower right corner (as seen by the viewer)
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corner
A corner kick in soccer.
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curve
A line that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous fashion.
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gulf
A large body of sea or ocean water, typically larger than a bay, that is partially enclosed by land
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Bight Sentence Examples

  • There are no mountains behind the Great Australian Bight.

  • Where the reptile is venerated or feared it is usually inviolable, and among the Brassmen of the Niger the dangerous and destructive cobra was especially protected by an article in the diplomatic treaty of 1856 for the Bight of Biafra (Maclennan, 524).

  • It is convenient to employ a specific name for a projection of a coast-line less pronounced than a peninsula, and for an inlet less pronounced than a bay or bight; outcurve and incurve may serve the turn.

  • It is separated from the mainland by two narrow straits, and save for these channels blocks the entrance to a large bight identified with the Lake Triton of the Romans.

  • The slight inward sweep of the coast forms the Canterbury Bight, and the shore-line northward from Timaru is called the Ninety-mile Beach.

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