embayment

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 arm, bay, bight, cove, creek [chiefly British], gulf, estuary, firth, fjord (also fiord), inlet, loch [Scottish]Related Words harbor, port, road(s), roadstead; narrow, sound, strait; bayou; backwater, slough (also slew or slue)