[
US
/ˈbeɪ/
]
[ UK /bˈeɪ/ ]
[ UK /bˈeɪ/ ]
NOUN
- an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
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a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
he opened the bomb bay -
a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
they put him in the sick bay - a small recess opening off a larger room
- small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
- the sound of a hound on the scent
VERB
- bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
- utter in deep prolonged tones
ADJECTIVE
- (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
How To Use bay In A Sentence
- A thin veil of fog had rolled in off the bay, obscuring his view and coating the area in a pale gray-white mist.
- A few nights ago, after viewing one of these, I was quaffing beer in Bombay Peggy's and learned that every one of the four women at the table happened to live on the other side of a river, either the Yukon or the Klondike.
- The Eurasian and Laurentide Ice Sheets were responsible for most of the glacio-eustatic decrease in sea level (about 120 m) during the LGM. The pattern of postglacial isostatic rebound suggests that the ice was thickest over Hudson Bay. Arctic climate variability prior to 100 years BP
- The snowy dome of Fujisan reddening in the sunrise rose above the violet woodlands of Mississippi Bay as we steamed out of Yokohama Harbour on the 19th, and three days later I saw the last of Japan — a rugged coast, lashed by a wintry sea. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
- Before that I was the sales manager with a Bombay consumer electricals company.
- However, I took the risk of putting a hand close to a yowling muzzle and was greeted with a cold nose and a non-committal snuffle before the full-on baying started again.
- RITA-award-winning author and WU contributor Barbara Samuel is auctioning off some critiques on eBay in order to raise money for the AVON breast cancer walk in late June. Writer Unboxed » 2008 » June
- Rob also reckons that the south-west coast of Ireland has some of the best sailing grounds in the world - particularly around Roaring Water Bay in West Cork.
- We may still be able to save Las Vegas, as it is encysted by libertarian Nevada... but San Francisco, I fear, is already seething with the RED VIRUS, which has spread to it's outer "Bay Area" provinces, such as Mountain View and other Silicon Valley cities. Obama's Commie Mama
- In a matter of hours, the Bay area was completely depleted of pumps, splashboards and self-bailers.
