Need another word that means the same as “bay”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “bay” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Bay” are: alcove, embayment, bay laurel, bay tree, laurus nobilis, cove, inlet, estuary, indentation, natural harbour, gulf, basin, fjord, ria, sound, arm, bight, firth, anchorage, quest
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bay” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| alcove | A small recess opening off a larger room. |
| anchorage | A fee for anchoring. The mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family. |
| arm | The part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person. Cables will secure the boom to steel arms installed near the top of the tower. |
| basin | A bowl for washing typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply a washbasin. A basinful of water. |
| bay laurel | The sound of a hound on the scent. |
| bay tree | A horse of a moderate reddish-brown color. |
| bight | A curve or recess in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature. |
| cove | Small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain. |
| embayment | A recess in a coastline forming a bay. The embayments that dent the southern Peloponnesian coasts. |
| estuary | The wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix. |
| firth | A long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland. The Moray Firth. |
| fjord | A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley. |
| gulf | A deep wide chasm. The widening gulf between the rich and the poor. |
| indentation | The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line. Paragraphs are marked off by indentation. |
| inlet | An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands. An air inlet. |
| laurus nobilis | Small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors. |
| natural harbour | A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. |
| ria | A long, narrow inlet formed by the partial submergence of a river valley. |
| sound | An individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language. He strained to hear the faint sounds. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bay” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| quest | Seek alms, as for religious purposes. They quest wisdom. |
| archipelago | A group of many islands in a large body of water. The Indonesian archipelago. |
| area | A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function. The spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants. |
| atlantic | Relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean. |
| beach | Run or haul up a boat or ship on to a beach. Competitive procurement seems to have beached several firms. |
| coast | The Pacific coast of North America. The children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope. |
| coastal | Of or relating to a coast. Coastal marshes. |
| dune | A ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans. A sand dune. |
| estuary | The wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix. |
| eutrophication | Excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the suppl. He argued that the controlling factor in eutrophication is not nitrate but phosphate. |
| foreshore | The part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark. |
| gulf | A deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth. The widening gulf between the rich and the poor. |
| insular | Relating to or from an island. People living restricted and sometimes insular existences. |
| island | A thing regarded as resembling an island especially in being isolated detached or surrounded in some way. The university is the last island of democracy in this country. |
| isle | A small island. Crusoe s fabled isle. |
| islet | A small island. |
| isthmus | A narrow organ, passage, or piece of tissue connecting two larger parts. |
| lagoon | A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral. |
| littoral | The littoral zone. Irrigated regions of the Mediterranean littoral. |
| maritime | Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. Native and exotic plants flourish in the mild maritime climate on the Lleyn Peninsula. |
| nautical | Of or concerning navigation, sailors, or the sea; maritime. Nautical charts. |
| ocean | A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically. They scramble across the beach to the ocean and plunge into the surf. |
| peninsula | A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water. |
| peninsular | Of or forming or resembling a peninsula. The counties of peninsular Florida. |
| region | The approximate amount of something usually used prepositionally as in in the region of. The promotion of investment in the regions. |
| seacoast | The shore of a sea or ocean. |
| seashore | The land between high- and low-water marks. |
| shore | Serve as a shore to. Shore and buttress an old building. |
| southeast | To toward or in the southeast. Southeasterly breezes. |
| strait | Used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty. Redundancy left him in severe financial straits. |
| tidal | Relating to or affected by tides. Strong tidal currents. |
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