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bight

noun

ˈbīt

Definition of bight

as in bay

a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline the bight known as the Bay of Fundy is known for its fast-running tides

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Recent Examples of bight How much rain the region will get through Friday hinges on whether the storm basically stalls in the Southern California bight, the coastal region between Point Conception and San Diego, forecasters say. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023 Push the working end through the opening of the bottom bight to finish the knot. — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023 To rig it, tie a figure eight on a bight in the bouncer’s factory webbing, then clip the bight to a daisy chain with a carabiner. — Emily Stifler Wolfe, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2021 Cow Bay is one of those bights, right where the suburbs of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour begin to fade into something more rural. — Melissa Buote, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 2019 Going at a speed of forty miles an hour, the hydroplane was heading up the bight in the direction of the sand-pit which connects North Island with Coronado. — sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Jan. 2018

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Each sophisticated room—though closer to a suite in size—has its own private balcony, and most enjoy memorable views of the bay or city.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Fitzgerald draws the whole class map into the geography—East Egg, where the old money summers, and West Egg across the bay, where Gatsby’s new fortune buys a mansion but never quite buys in.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of bay

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But these sites also come with dangers, as demonstrated by the massive Moss Landing battery fire in January 2025, which prompted the evacuation of about 1,500 residents and deposited heavy metals in a nearby estuary.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Visitors traveling across Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay earlier this month may have seen a strange-looking boat with wings and a whale-like tail floating in the estuary’s calm late-summer waters.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of estuary

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After playing one more hole, the twelfth, along the firth, the course makes a turn inland for the duration of the round.

— Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Bleary-eyed coverage that kicks off before sunrise in the States, with gusts off the firth and cut lines that can swallow a top 10 in an hour.

— Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 July 2025

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