EMBAYMENT

Meaning of EMBAYMENT in English

/em bay"meuhnt/ , n.

1. a bay.

2. Physical Geog. the process by which a bay is formed.

[ 1805-15; EMBAY + -MENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

EMBAYMENT — noun Date: 1815 formation of a bay, a bay or a conformation resembling a bay
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EMBAYMENT — ə̇mˈbāmənt, em- noun ( -s ) 1. a. : formation of a bay (as by depression of the land about …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMBAYMENT — (n.) A bay.
Английский словарь Webster
EMBAYMENT — ( n. ) A bay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMBAYMENT — noun Date: 1815 1. : formation of a bay 2. : a bay or a conformation resembling a bay
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMBAYMENT — noun a bay.
Webster English vocab
EMBAYMENT — ■ noun a recess in a coastline forming a bay.
Concise Oxford English vocab
EMBAYMENT — [em.bay.ment] n (1815) 1: formation of a bay 2: a bay or a conformation resembl ing a bay
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMBAYMENT — образование залива залив изрезанность заливами ниша, углубление (в стене)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EMBAYMENT — n 1. 1> образование залива 2> залив 3> изрезанность заливами 2. ниша, углубление ( в стене )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EMBAYMENT — (n) залив; изрезанность заливами; ниша; образование залива; углубление
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EMBAYMENT — n 1. 1) образование залива 2) залив 3) изрезанность заливами 2. ниша, углубление ( в стене )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EMBAYMENT — n 1. 1> образование залива 2> залив 3> изрезанность заливами 2. ниша, углубление ( в стене )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EMBAYMENT — залив открытая бухта
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
EMBAYMENT — образование залива залив изрезанность заливами ниша, углубление (в стене)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EMBAYMENT — n. Pronunciation: - ' b ā -m ə nt Function: noun Date: 1815 1 : formation of a bay 2 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FJORD — noun or fiord fēˈȯ](ə)rd, ˈfyȯ], ](ə)d\ ( -s ) Etymology: Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjörthr — more at ford …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JINGLE SHELL — also called Saddle Oyster, any of several marine invertebrates of the class Bivalvia belonging to the family Anomiidae. In most …
Britannica English vocabulary
WEDDELL SEA — deep embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Centring at about 73 S, …
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ROSS SEA — southern extension of the Pacific Ocean, which, along with the vast ice shelf (see Ross Ice Shelf) at its head, …
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PEKING
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PANAMA, ISTHMUS OF — Spanish Istmo De Panam, land link extending east-west about 400 miles (640 km) from the border of Costa Rica to …
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OUACHITA GEOSYNCLINE — a linear trough in the Earth's crust in which rocks of the Paleozoic Era (from 225,000,000 to 570,000,000 years ago) …
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HUANG HO — The Huang Ho basin and the Yangtze River basin and their drainage networks. also spelled Hwang Ho, Pinyin Huang He, …
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GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT — wide embayment of the Indian Ocean, indenting Australia's southern coast. By definition of the International Hydrographic Bureau it extends eastward …
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CADIZ, GULF OF — Spanish and Portuguese Golfo De Cdiz, wide embayment of the Atlantic Ocean along the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, stretching about 200 …
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BENGAL, BAY OF — large but relatively shallow embayment of the northeastern Indian Ocean, occupying an area of 839,000 square miles (2,172,000 square km). …
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EMBAY — v.tr. 1 enclose in or as in a bay; shut in. 2 form (a coast) into bays. embayment n.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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