The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines a bay as a well-marked indentation in the coastline, whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain …

Idiom bay for blood (Definition of bay from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Bay, concavity of a coastline or reentrant of the sea, formed by the movements of either the sea or a lake. The difference between a bay and a gulf is not clearly defined, but the term bay …

: any of several shrubs or trees (such as the red bay or sweet bay) resembling the laurel compare bay rum

Native Americans relied on the bay for fishing, trade, and communication long before that. Millions of people live on the Chesapeake Bay. The bay is anchored by the cities of Baltimore, …

Define bay. bay synonyms, bay pronunciation, bay translation, English dictionary definition of bay. n. 1. A body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the …

Definition of bay noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A bay is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose. The animals are herded into a bay, then led into the barn.

The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈtʃɛsəpiːk / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean …

Also called bayberry,. a tropical American shrub, Pimenta racemosa, having aromatic leaves that are used in making bay oil and bay rum. any of various laurellike trees or shrubs.