noun
embayment
Embayment (noun) means a bay; an area of water partly enclosed by land.
noun
1
A bay; an area of water partly enclosed by land.
"The path climbed along a wall of purple sandstone above an embayment and in the sunlit shadows below him he could see the long cataphracted forms of gars lying in a kind of electric repose among the reeds."
— Cormac McCarthy, Suttree (1979)
2
The curved edge of land around a bay.
3
An area of land that was once a bay.
4
How a bay comes to be formed.
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Etymology
Formed from em-, bay and -ment.
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What is the meaning of embayment?
"embayment" (noun) means a bay; an area of water partly enclosed by land.
What is another word for embayment?
Other words for "embayment" include bay.
What are the different meanings of embayment?
"embayment" has 3 main meanings: 1. A bay; an area of water partly enclosed by land; 2. The curved edge of land around a bay; 3. An area of land that was once a bay.
