embayment
noun
em·bay·ment
im-ˈbā-mənt 
1
: formation of a bay
2
: a bay or a conformation resembling a bay
Synonyms
Examples of embayment in a Sentence
a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy
Recent Examples on the Web
While geographically separated, these coastal embayments are connected by a common biophysical trait that binds them together as the world searches for a way to address the growing climate crisis.
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Serge Dedina, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
It's positioned on the Mississippi Sound, an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico, which provides an awe-worthy stretch of white-sand beach with virtually no crowds.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2024
The town's prime spot on the Mississippi Sound, an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico, provides a glorious stretch of white-sanded beach with virtually no crowds.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
Researchers like Hughes have been raising concerns for nearly 50 years about the glaciers that flow into Pine Island Bay and the surrounding Amundsen Sea embayment.
—Marissa Grunes, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
Before its demise, the Larsen B Ice Shelf had applied back pressure against glaciers flowing out into the embayment.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2022
The researchers decided to use the unexpected stop to map the krill and DMS concentrations in a shallow embayment on the island's north side.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
Magnani and others examined how seismic waves travel through the Earth to make a portrait of the ground beneath their study areas (the Fort Worth Basin in Texas and the northern Mississippi embayment).
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2017
Instead, its aircraft returned with the first aerial views of the embayment.
—Marissa Grunes, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
Serge Dedina, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
It's positioned on the Mississippi Sound, an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico, which provides an awe-worthy stretch of white-sand beach with virtually no crowds.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2024
The town's prime spot on the Mississippi Sound, an embayment of the Gulf of Mexico, provides a glorious stretch of white-sanded beach with virtually no crowds.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
Researchers like Hughes have been raising concerns for nearly 50 years about the glaciers that flow into Pine Island Bay and the surrounding Amundsen Sea embayment.
—Marissa Grunes, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
Before its demise, the Larsen B Ice Shelf had applied back pressure against glaciers flowing out into the embayment.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2022
The researchers decided to use the unexpected stop to map the krill and DMS concentrations in a shallow embayment on the island's north side.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
Magnani and others examined how seismic waves travel through the Earth to make a portrait of the ground beneath their study areas (the Fort Worth Basin in Texas and the northern Mississippi embayment).
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2017
Instead, its aircraft returned with the first aerial views of the embayment.
—Marissa Grunes, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Embayment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embayment. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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