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(bīt) 
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n.
- A loop in a rope.
- The middle or slack part of an extended rope.
- A bend or curve, especially in a shoreline.
- A wide bay formed by such a bend or curve.
[Middle English, bend, angle, from Old English byht.]
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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.
Cameroon is a country in west-central Africa on the Bight of Biafra.
— The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language (fourth edition)
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categories related to 'bight'
- Inland Waterways and Lakes - bight: bend in river; curved coast or bay
- Knots - bight: middle portion of rope, esp. when looped or bent, as distinct from ends
- Parts of Ships, Sails, and Equipment - bight: any part within ends of line, esp. a bend
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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)
See also
- Bite (disambiguation)
- Byte, a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications
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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
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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