Definition of embayment
1
: formation of a bay
2
: a bay or a conformation resembling a bay
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a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy
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The idea of so many of this extremely rare animal being in this tiny embayment is not comforting.
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First Known Use of embayment
1815
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