"embayment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: embayments [plural]
Etymology: From em- + bay + -ment. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|en|bay|ment|alt1=em}} em- + bay + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} embayment (plural embayments)
  1. A bay. (the water) Translations (bay): залив (zaliv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Bucht [feminine] (German), Einbuchtung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-embayment-en-noun-42H8zqtC Disambiguation of 'bay': 34 26 23 17
  2. The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water) Translations (shoreline): Buchtuferline [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-embayment-en-noun-f3VV8Vqv Disambiguation of 'shoreline': 0 97 3 0
  3. A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-embayment-en-noun-Bs-qiK7j Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 8 59 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-, English terms suffixed with -ment, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 51 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 8 13 53 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 5 8 55 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 6 55 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 4 57 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 57 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 13 59 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 7 61 27
  4. The process by which a bay is formed.
    Sense id: en-embayment-en-noun-SQwOZ96E

Inflected forms

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