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bight

 
(bīt) pronunciation
n.
    1. A loop in a rope.
    2. The middle or slack part of an extended rope.
    1. A bend or curve, especially in a shoreline.
    2. A wide bay formed by such a bend or curve.

[Middle English, bend, angle, from Old English byht.]


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noun

    A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea: bay, cove, inlet. See territory.

bight, broad bend or curve in a coastline, forming a large open bay. The New York bight, for example, is the curve in the coast described by the southern shore of Long Island and the eastern shore of New Jersey. The term bight may also refer to the bay so formed.


(DOD) A bend in a coast forming an open bay or an open bay formed by such a bend.

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IN BRIEF: A bay coastline between headlands. A loop in a rope.

pronunciation Cameroon is a country in west-central Africa on the Bight of Biafra. — The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition)

Tutor's tip: You can "bite" (cut into with teeth) into a "bite" (morsel or snack) to eat near the "bight" (bend or curve), but only a computer has a "byte" (unit of computer memory).

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bight may refer to:

  • bight (geography), recess of a coast, bay, or other curved feature
  • bight (knot), a curved section, slack part, or loop in rope (used in the terminology of knot-tying)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bugt, vig

Nederlands (Dutch)
bocht, baai, lus

Français (French)
n. - (Géog) baie, anse, golfe, boucle (d'une corde)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bucht, Schlaufe, Krümmung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουλούρα, ορμίσκος, κολπίσκος

Italiano (Italian)
insenatura, ansa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - laçada (f) de corda, catenária (f) (Mat.), enseada (f)

Русский (Russian)
бухта, шланг

Español (Spanish)
n. - ensenada, cala

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bukt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
海湾, 绳圈

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 海灣, 繩圈

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밧줄의 중간 부분, 해안의 완곡한 부분

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 湾曲, 湾, 綱のたるみ, 綱の輪

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انعطاف شاطىء بحري, شرم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפרץ, לולאה, עניבה‬


 
 
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