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
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Recent Examples of embayment
Officially an artificial embayment now, the estuarine Lake Montauk hasn’t been a lake, in fact, since developer Carl Fisher in his late-1920s quest to make Montauk into a sport fishing Mecca and the Miami of the North broke through to Block Island Sound and Atlantic waters.
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John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
27 May 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.
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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.
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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.
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Marissa Grunes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2023
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John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
27 May 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embayment
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Under a city ordinance, boats can only anchor in the estuary for 12 hours, officials said.
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Blue-green algae, known as cyanobacteria, naturally occur in inland waters, estuaries and the sea.
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With the opening, IONNA now has 170 charging bays in Florida, with 320 additional bays scheduled to come online over the next three years.
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Metallica gives you alternative, bay-bee!
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The nearby Atlantic coastline offers a variety of scenery and terrain, including quiet coves, granite shoreline, offshore islands and crashing surf.
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In a little cove below the falls, five feet of smashed canvas and wood testified to the fate of the canoe that had dumped.
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“Embayment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embayment. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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