| bay | | |
| n. (object) | 1. bay, embayment | an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. |
| ~ abukir, abukir bay | a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt. |
| ~ andaman sea | part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula. |
| ~ bay of bengal | an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India. |
| ~ bay of biscay | an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain. |
| ~ bay of fundy | a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet. |
| ~ bay of naples | an arm of the Tyrrhenian Sea at Naples. |
| ~ bight | a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline.; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight" |
| ~ biscayne bay | a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida. |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ bo hai, po hai | an inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China. |
| ~ buzzards bay | an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts. |
| ~ cape cod bay | the southern part of Massachusetts Bay. |
| ~ chesapeake bay | a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River. |
| ~ delaware bay | an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River. |
| ~ galveston bay | an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas to the south of Houston. |
| ~ galway bay | a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland. |
| ~ guantanamo bay | an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903. |
| ~ hangzhou bay | a bay formed by an inlet of the East China Sea. |
| ~ james bay | the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario. |
| ~ korea bay | an inlet of the Yellow Sea between the Liaodong Peninsula in China and western Korea. |
| ~ massachusetts bay | an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south. |
| ~ minamata bay | a bay on the west coast of Kyushu; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from Minamata Bay. |
| ~ mobile bay | a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; fed by the Mobile River. |
| ~ monterey bay | an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in western California. |
| ~ moreton bay | an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay to the east of Brisbane. |
| ~ narragansett bay | a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island. |
| ~ new york bay | a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River. |
| ~ osaka bay | a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu. |
| ~ penobscot bay | an inlet of the Atlantic in eastern Maine. |
| ~ prudhoe bay | a bay on the northern coast of Alaska where oil was discovered in 1968. |
| ~ san diego bay | a bay of the Pacific in southern California. |
| ~ san francisco bay | a bay of the Pacific in western California. |
| ~ sea | a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land. |
| ~ sea of azof, sea of azoff, sea of azov | a bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine. |
| ~ tampa bay | an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida. |
| n. (event) | 2. bay | the sound of a hound on the scent. |
| ~ cry | the characteristic utterance of an animal.; "animal cries filled the night" |
| n. (plant) | 3. bay, bay laurel, bay tree, laurus nobilis, true laurel | 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. |
| ~ bay leaf | dried leaf of the bay laurel. |
| ~ laurel | any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family. |
| ~ genus laurus, laurus | small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. bay | a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital.; "they put him in the sick bay" |
| ~ compartment | a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area. |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. bay | a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose.; "he opened the bomb bay" |
| ~ aircraft | a vehicle that can fly. |
| ~ compartment | a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. alcove, bay | a small recess opening off a larger room. |
| ~ carrell, carrel, cubicle, stall | small individual study area in a library. |
| ~ niche, recess | an enclosure that is set back or indented. |
| n. (animal) | 7. bay | a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color. |
| ~ equus caballus, horse | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times. |
| v. (communication) | 8. bay | utter in deep prolonged tones. |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (communication) | 9. bay, quest | bark with prolonged noises, of dogs. |
| ~ bark | make barking sounds.; "The dogs barked at the stranger" |
| adj. | 10. bay | (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color. |
| ~ colored, coloured, colorful | having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination.; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" |
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