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bay bar

noun
variants: or bay barrier

Definition of bay bar 

: a bank of sand or of sand and gravel deposited by waves and currents across the mouth of a bay so that the bay is no longer connected or is connected only by a narrow outlet with the main body of water

— called also baymouth bar

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