Bay Meaning and Definition

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What is the definition Bay? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Words starting with Bay, How to pronounce? Antonyms, Words ending with Bay, Derivations, Example sentences, Synonyms, Related sentences and more...

Word: Bay

How to pronounce: beɪ

Noun

Definitions:

1. A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.

Example sentences: "The Bay of Biscay"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An evergreen Mediterranean shrub of the laurel family, with deep green leaves and purple berries. Its aromatic leaves are used in cooking and were formerly used to make triumphal crowns for victors.

Example sentences: "The experiment (conducted May - June 2000) tested whole and torn leaves from 10 bay trees, 10 oak trees, and 10 toyon trees at our research site."

2. An aromatic tree or shrub of North America, especially the bayberry used in the preparation of bay rum.

Example sentences: "But if you can get your hands on fresh bay, its sweet aromatic flavour makes it eligible for use in puddings."

Noun

Definitions:

1. A space created by a window-line projecting outward from a wall.

Example sentences: "Each window projects as a bay, with a base low enough to sit on and wide enough to serve as a generous shelf for flowers and cards."

2. A compartment with a particular function in a motor vehicle, aircraft, or ship.

Example sentences: "A bomb bay"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. (of a horse) brown with black points.

Example sentences: "This is not equine racism, just the obvious conclusion that the brown, black and bay horses are in the vast majority, and can always gang up on a grey, especially when I have bet on it."

Noun

Definitions:

1. A bay horse.

Example sentences: "It was a bay, with a liver chestnut body and gleaming black legs."

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. (of a dog, especially a large one) bark or howl loudly.

Example sentences: "The dogs bayed"

Noun

Definitions:

1. The sound of baying, especially that of hounds in close pursuit of their quarry.

Example sentences: "The bloodhounds' heavy bay"