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   bay

   /beɪ/

   noun

   • 1. a space created by a window line projecting outwards from a wall.
   • ▪ a section of wall between two buttresses or columns, especially in the nave of a church.
   • 2. a compartment with a specified function in a vehicle, aircraft, or ship: "a bomb bay"
   • ▪ an area specially allocated or marked off: "a loading bay"
   • ▪ a short terminal platform at a railway station also having through lines. British

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French baie, from baer ‘to gape’, from medieval Latin batare, of unknown origin.

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   What does Bay mean?

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   What does Bay of Biscay mean?

   • n. 1. A body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea: the Bay of Biscay. 2. An area of land, such as an arm of prairie partially enclosed by woodland, that resembles in shape or formation a partially enclosed body of water.

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   What does Baye mean in English?

   • Middle English baien, abaien "to bay," from early French abaier (same meaning), originally a word to imitate the sound Middle English baye "inlet," from early French bai, perhaps from baer "to be wide open" Middle English bay "berry, laurel berry," from early French baie (same meaning), from Latin baca "berry"

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   What does bay tree mean?

   • ( also bay tree) the laurel tree, the leaves of which are used for seasoning and in victory wreaths. ( especially of large dogs) to bark. The hounds bayed at the fox. Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd. Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009 Want to thank TFD for its existence?

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   BAY definition: 1. a part of the coast where the land curves in so that the sea is surrounded by land on three…. Learn more.

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   1. architecture : a principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building or of the whole building. … the transverse arches and adjacent piers of the arcade divide the building into bays … Helen Gardner. 2. architecture : a main division of a structure. a barn with three bays.

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   Bay definition: a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.. See examples of BAY used in a sentence.

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   A bay is a partly enclosed area, inside or outside a building, that is used for a particular purpose. The animals are herded into a bay, then led into the barn. The car reversed into the loading bay.

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   1. A body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the sea: the Bay of Biscay. 2. An area of land, such as an arm of prairie partially enclosed by woodland, that resembles in shape or formation a partially enclosed body of water.

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   bay. [countable] a part of the sea, or of a large lake, partly surrounded by a wide curve of the land. [countable] a marked section of ground either inside or outside a building, for example for a vehicle to park in, for storing things, etc. Put the equipment in No 3 bay.