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Einbuchtung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • embayment noun A bay. (the water)
  • indent noun A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
  • indentation noun A dent, notch, or inward curve in a surface or edge.

Senses

Einbuchtung is used for these senses in English:

  • indent A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
  • indentation A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

embayment — full definition

  1. noun A bay. (the water)
  2. noun The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)
  3. noun A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.
  4. noun The process by which a bay is formed.

indent — full definition

  1. noun A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
  2. noun A stamp; an impression.
  3. noun A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
  4. noun A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

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