Bight synonyms

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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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bay
(Computers) A drive bay.
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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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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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cove
A small bay or inlet
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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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Bight Sentence Examples

  • Westward of South Australia, on the shores of the Australian Bight, there is a stretch of country 300 m.

  • The sea encroached far on the land from the Great Australian Bight and there formed the limestones of the Nullarbor Plains.

  • 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).

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