| Main Entry: | bayou |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swampy outlet |
Synonyms: |
backwater, brook, creek, outlet, river, stream |
| Main Entry: | bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shoreline indentation |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, arm, basin, bayou, bight, cove, estuary, fiord, firth, gulf, harbor, inlet, lagoon, loch, mouth, narrows, sound, strait |
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, firth, frith, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, slough, sound, wash |
| Main Entry: | gulf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sea inlet |
Synonyms: |
basin, bay, bayou, bight, cove, firth, harbor, slough, sound, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | inlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm of the sea |
Synonyms: |
basin, bay, bayou, bight, canal, channel, cove, creek, delta, entrance, estuary, firth, fjord, gulf, harbor, ingress, loch, narrows, passage, slew, slough, sound, strait |
| Main Entry: | lagoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shallow body of water |
Synonyms: |
bayou, gulf, marsh, pond, pool, shallows, shoal, tidal pond |
| Notes: | a lagoon is a shallow pond near a body of water; a long lagoon near the sea is a haff |
| Main Entry: | bight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bay |
Synonyms: |
angle, bayou, gulf, inlet, loop, noose, road |
| Concept: | Gulf. Lake. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou [U.S.], fiord, armlet; frith, firth, ostiary, mouth; lagune, lagoon; indraught; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyles; continental slope, continental shelf., lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well; standing water, dead water, sheet of water; fish pond, mill pond; ditch, dike, dyke, dam; reservoir (store); alberca, barachois, hog wallow [U.S.].
-adjectives
lacustrine.
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