Synonyms of embayment

embayment

noun

im-ˈbā-mənt 

as in estuary

a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline

a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy

a river embayment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estuary
• bay
• cove
• gulf
• inlet
• firth
• loch
• creek
• fjord
• port
• arm
• bight
• harbor
• bayou
• strait
• narrow
• roadstead
• sound
• road(s)
• backwater
• slough

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of embayment

Regions in the upper Mississippi embayment are probably reactivating older faults that formed when the rift basin was formed, Boyd said. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2025

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. — Serge Dedina, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024

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

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