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Bight (geography) - Wikipedia
In geography, a bight is a concave bend or curvature in a coastline, river or other geographical feature, or it may refer to a very open bay formed by such ...
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BIGHT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a bend in a coast forming an open bay also : a bay formed by such a bend 2. a slack part or loop in a rope
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bight - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow · the bight of a horse's knee: the bight of an elbow · (geography) An area of sea lying between two promontories, ...
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bight (baɪt) Also 4 byȝt, 5 bycht, 6 byght, 7 beight, 7–9 bite. [OE. byht bend, masc., corresp. to MLG. bucht (whence mod.G. bucht ‘bay, bight,’ mod.Du. bocht, also Da., Sw. bugt):—OTeut. *buhti-z, f. būgan to bow. OE. byht ‘bend’ appears to occur in Cod. Dipl. 538 and App. 308. It is to be distingu...
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112 Synonyms & Antonyms for BIGHT | Thesaurus.com
Find 112 different ways to say BIGHT, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
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Bight (knot) - Wikipedia
In knot tying, a bight is a curved section or slack part between the two ends of a rope, string, or yarn. A knot that can be tied using only the bight of a ...
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Bight
The word is derived from Old English byht (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”). In modern English, bight may refer to:
Bight (geography), recess of a coast, bay, or other curved feature
Bight (knot), a curved section, slack part,
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BIGHT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun · a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve · the slack middle part of an extended rope · a curve or loop in a rope.
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BIGHT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of bight in English ... a curved part of a coast or river that is set back from the rest: The ship backed into a little bight in the ...
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What is a bight? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
A bight is a long, gradual bend or recess in the shoreline that forms a large, open bay. Bights are shallow and may pose hazards to navigation.
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Bight - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
bight · noun. a bend or curve (especially in a coastline). see moresee less. type of: · noun. a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline. “the Bight ...
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bight/baɪt; baɪt/ n1 long inward curve in a coast 海湾 The Great Australian Bight 澳大利亚大海湾.2 loop made in a rope 绳环; 绳圈.
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Bight (geography)
Notable examples
Bay of Campeche
Bay of Plenty
Bight of Benin
Bight of Biafra or Bight of Bonny
Canterbury Bight
German Bight or Heligoland Bight Great Australian Bight
McKenzie Bight
Mecklenburg Bight
Mid-Atlantic Bight
New York Bight
North Taranaki Bight
Robson Bight
Santa Monica Bay
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Bay, Bight, Fjord, And Sound: Similarities And Differences Between ...
A sound lies parallel to the coastline, and it commonly separates a coastline from an island. A sound can be formed when a glacier recedes in a valley it carves out from a coastline. The sea can also invade a glacier valley and create a sound. More commonly, a sound is a result of the sea's invasion on a river valley to form an extended inlet ...
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German Bight
The German Bight (; ; ; ; ; sometimes also the German Bay) is the southeastern bight of the North Sea bounded by the Netherlands and Germany to the south The southern portion of the bight is also known as the Heligoland Bight.
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