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Synonyms for bay


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bey
Phonetic Transcription : beɪ

Top 10 synonyms for bay Other synonyms for the word bay

Définition of bay

Origin :
  • "inlet of the sea," c.1400, from Old French baie, Late Latin baia (c.640), perhaps ultimately from Iberian bahia.
  • noun shoreline indentation
  • noun alcove in wall
  • noun howl
Example sentences :
  • Nothing looked cool, that day, but the bay and those who were going into it.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Meantime a white film of fog spread down the bay from the northward.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • He knew something of horses, and this bay fitted into his dreams of an ideal perfectly.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The passage was stormy--the Bay of Biscay, in particular, giving us a touch of its qualities.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The bay is merely an elbow, half the winds blowing in from the open sea.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Falling in with an American in the Bay of Biscay, we got a barrel of beef which lasted us in.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We chased her into the Bay of Quinté, and there we lost her in the darkness.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • There is another thing that we can do—follow them into the bay, and attack them there on shore.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Bay asked, meeting the bright, angry eyes with a quiet smile.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • They had probably divined, too, that the quarry was at bay and was dangerous.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
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