embayment
embayment
Definition
em·bay·ment (-mənt)
noun
a bay or baylike formation
embayment
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- occupy: Here biotite + sillimanite + quartz aggregates occupy embayments in a neosome garnet.
- oil: There is evidence that birds moved away from the oiled embayments as a result.
Adjective modifier
- shallow: Tides and currents The region consists of a deeper channel in the west, with shallower embayments in the east.
- large: The Moray Firth is a large triangular embayment in NE Scotland.
- small: Road improvements, or construction of new roads, often involve ' straightening ` the shoreline or building causeways across small embayments.
Noun used with modifier
- groin: Sediment accumulations within groin embayments at Hamworthy Park also indicate a net west to east drift.
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