embayment
Americannoun
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a coastal recess that forms a bay.
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Physical Geography. the process by which a bay is formed.
noun
Etymology
Origin of embayment
Example Sentences
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By 2011, landfast sea ice in the Larsen B embayment near Hektoria's terminus had expanded enough to provide temporary support, allowing the glacier to slowly advance once again.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
The researchers decided to use the unexpected stop to map the krill and DMS concentrations in a shallow embayment on the island's north side.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 14, 2023
The only thing preventing it from flowing directly into the Amundsen Sea embayment is a shelf of floating ice that sticks out from the glacier’s edge.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2021
In the East Siberian Sea, they steered the Pangaea into an embayment in the ice cap that Ousland, who closely studies satellite images of the Arctic, had observed growing for years.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 24, 2020
In a little angular embayment at the cliff’s base, almost directly under the summer-house was the body discovered.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
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