embayment

[ em-bey-muh nt ]
/ ɛmˈbeɪ mənt /

noun

a bay.
Physical Geography. the process by which a bay is formed.

Origin of embayment

First recorded in 1805–15; embay + -ment

Words nearby embayment

embassy, embattle, embattled, embattlement, embay, embayment, embden, embden-meyerhof pathway, embed, embedded microchips, embedding

Example sentences from the Web for embayment

  • He pointed to a mass of rock lying right in the centre of the embayment, a heap which cut off our view on one side.

    Devon Boys |George Manville Fenn

  • He turned into an embayment over a pier of the bridge he was crossing, and sat down to think.

    Witness to the Deed |George Manville Fenn

  • Into an embayment between two of the out-stretching spurs Barbato conducts them.

    The Lone Ranche |Captain Mayne Reid

  • It was in fact, a sort of natural breakwater—forming one side of a large cone, or embayment, lying between it and the true beach.

    The Boy Slaves |Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for embayment

embayment
/ (ɪmˈbeɪmənt) /

noun

a shape resembling a bay