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Embayment

A bay.

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Narrower term 1

Bight 76% connected

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Broader term 1

Water 76% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Containing whole 1

Sea 70% connected

One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Synonym 1

Bay 92% connected

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.