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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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“Embayment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embayment. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.
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The first known use of embayment was in 1815
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