bay

Noun
  1. An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf (synset 109238571)
    is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    subtypes:
    • bight - a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
    • guantanamo bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903
    specific instances:
    • abukir, abukir bay - a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt
    • andaman sea - part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula
    • bay of bengal - an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India
    • bay of biscay - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain
    • bay of fundy - a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet
    • bay of naples - an arm of the Tyrrhenian Sea at Naples
    • biscayne bay - a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida
    • bo hai, po hai - an inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China
    • buzzards bay - an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts
    • cape cod bay - the southern part of Massachusetts Bay
    • chesapeake bay - a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River
    • delaware bay - an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River
    • galveston bay - an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas to the south of Houston
    • galway bay - a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland
    • hangzhou bay - a bay formed by an inlet of the East China Sea
    • james bay - the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario
    • korea bay - an inlet of the Yellow Sea between the Liaodong Peninsula in China and western Korea
    • massachusetts bay - an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south
    • minamata bay - a bay on the west coast of Kyushu; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from Minamata Bay
    • mobile bay - a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; fed by the Mobile River
    • monterey bay - an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in western California
    • moreton bay - an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay to the east of Brisbane
    • narragansett bay - a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island
    • new york bay - a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River
    • osaka bay - a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu
    • penobscot bay - an inlet of the Atlantic in eastern Maine
    • prudhoe bay - a bay on the northern coast of Alaska where oil was discovered in 1968
    • san diego bay - a bay of the Pacific in southern California
    • san francisco bay - a bay of the Pacific in western California
    • sea of azof, sea of azoff, sea of azov - a bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine
    • tampa bay - an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida
    is a part of: sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
    same as: embayment
  2. The sound of a hound on the scent (synset 107391436)
    is a type of: cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal
  3. Small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking;
    Also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors (synset 111724562)
    is a type of: laurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
    belongs to: genus laurus, laurus - small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
    has: bay leaf - dried leaf of the bay laurel
    same as: bay laurel, bay tree, laurus nobilis, true laurel
  4. A compartment on a ship between decks;
    Often used as a hospital (synset 102815920)
    "they put him in the sick bay"
    is a type of: compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
    is a part of: ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
  5. A compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose (synset 102815766)
    "he opened the bomb bay"
    is a type of: compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
    is a part of: aircraft - a vehicle that can fly
  6. A small recess opening off a larger room (synset 102698907)
    is a type of: niche, recess - an enclosure that is set back or indented
    subtypes: carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall - small individual study area in a library
    same as: alcove
  7. A horse of a moderate reddish-brown color (synset 102391569)
    is a type of: equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Adjective
  1. (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color (synset 300397038)
    similar to: colored, colorful, coloured - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
Verb
  1. Utter in deep prolonged tones (synset 201049945)
    is a type of: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize - express in speech
  2. Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs (synset 201049823)
    is a type of: bark - make barking sounds
    same as: quest

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