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Definition of Embayment
1. Noun. An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
Specialized synonyms: Abukir, Abukir Bay, Andaman Sea, Bay Of Bengal, Bay Of Biscay, Bay Of Fundy, Bay Of Naples, Biscayne Bay, Bo Hai, Po Hai, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, Galveston Bay, Galway Bay, Hangzhou Bay, James Bay, Korea Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Minamata Bay, Mobile Bay, Monterey Bay, Moreton Bay, Narragansett Bay, New York Bay, Osaka Bay, Penobscot Bay, Prudhoe Bay, San Diego Bay, San Francisco Bay, Sea Of Azof, Sea Of Azoff, Sea Of Azov, Tampa Bay
Specialized synonyms: Bight, Guantanamo Bay
Generic synonyms: Body Of Water, Water
Group relationships: Sea
Definition of Embayment
1. n. A bay.
Definition of Embayment
1. Noun. A bay. ¹
2. Noun. the process by which a bay is formed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embayment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embayment
Literary usage of Embayment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1897)
"For the broad embayment formed I use the name ... embayment that led me to
conclude, from their position, that a marked orographic movement had taken place ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"THE COLUMBIA FORMATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI embayment. By WJ McGEE, US Geological
Survey, Washington, DC [ABSTRACT.] THE Columbia formation was defined and ..."
3. Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece 1 by James Wiseman (2003)
"... embayment and its vicinity have witnessed dramatic landscape changes in response
to Holocene eustatic sea-level rise, sediment infill, erosion, ..."
4. Geology and Agriculture by Louisiana Geological Survey (1902)
"East of the embayment axis.—In Mississippi the Jackson beds are well ... West of
the embayment axis.—In Texas, in fact in all regions west of the Red river, ..."
5. Drainage Reclamation in Tennessee: First Papers by Tennessee State Geological Survey, George Hall Ashley (1910)
"The following conditions of deposit are found in West Tennessee: 1. embayment (Fresh
water) clays. embayment (Brackish) clays embayment (Marine) clays. ..."
6. Geology and Agriculture by Louisiana Geological Survey (1902)
"West of the embayment axis.—In Texas the Lignitic beds are well exposed along
... We have already remarked that in the upper embayment area conditions were ..."
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