Chesapeake Bay

American  

noun

1. an inlet of the Atlantic, in Maryland and Virginia. 200 miles (320 km) long; 4–40 miles (6–64 km) wide.

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Chesapeake Bay British  

/ ˈtʃɛsəˌpiːk /

noun

1. the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia

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Chesapeake Bay Cultural  

1. Large bay on the Atlantic Ocean in the states of Maryland and Virginia.

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Example Sentences

On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Marks told Barron’s in 2021 that he owns a Danish-built sloop named Linnea that he had been fixing up for years, and sailed it in the Chesapeake Bay.

From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025

In Virginia, the company is working with farmers to reduce nutrient pollution in Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the US.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

Less than a year later, another granddaughter, Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, and her 8-year-old son drowned in a canoeing accident in the Chesapeake Bay.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

The famous blue crab of the Chesapeake Bay and other Atlantic Coast areas is an example.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson