bay
A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
Noun 4 meanings
A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
“This hotel has a great view across the bay.”
A bank or dam to keep back water.
A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries.
Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
Verb 3 meanings
To howl.
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
“to bay the bear”
To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
Adjective 1 meaning
Of a reddish-brown colour with a black mane and tail.
Etymology
From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia. Partly displaced native Old English byht, whence bight.
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BAY at a glance
BAY has 3 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + A 1 + Y 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,841 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bay
All rhymes- SICKBAY18
- FOREBAY15
- ROSEBAY12
- GOOMBAY15
- EMBAY12
- REDBAY12
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