Any of certain other trees or shrubs with aromatic foliage, such as the California laurel. Honor; renown. The position of having been checked or held at a distance. A crown or wreath made especially of the leaves and branches of the laurel and given as a sign of honor or victory.
Any level land area making an indentation, as into a woods, range of hills, etc. A part of a building projecting from the main part; wing. A compartment or space. To bark or howl in long, deep tones. To bark at; howl at. To chase with yelps and barks. To bring to or hold at bay. To utter in long, deep tones. The sound of baying. The situation of or as of a hunted animal forced to turn and fight.
Any of various trees or shrubs of various families, as rosebay or bayberry. A horse or, sometimes, some other animal of this color.
Reddish brown. A body of water partially enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea. A bay is usually smaller than a gulf. A space in the cabinet of a personal computer where a storage device, such as a disk drive or CD-ROM drive, can be installed. See drive bay and Bay Networks. Laurus nobilis , a shrub of the family Lauraceae , having dark green leaves and berries.
The leaf of this or certain other species of shrub, used as a herb. US, dialect A tract covered with bay trees. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico. A bank or dam to keep back water. Browse bawl. Bay Stater. Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes. Image credits. Word of the Day goodwill. Blog Outsets and onsets! Read More. November 08, To top. English American Examples Translations. Sign up for free and get access to exclusive content:. Free word lists and quizzes from Cambridge.
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Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English. Grammar Thesaurus. Word Lists. Kelp forests were on average 20 times larger in areas where sea otters have lived for decades on Vancouver Island, compared with bay s where the otters were absent, Watson and her colleagues found.
The Tampa Bay Times got their hands on a full copy of the letter the retired judge sent to Winston. Rising up from scooping bay , the steep topography—hemmed by hills of evergreens—promises panoramas at practically every turn.
Perhaps the guards at the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities will finally be allowed to smoke cubans, too. The proceedings expected this week in Guantanamo Bay had been canceled. First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
Three men were sentenced to grow potatoes at Botany Bay the rest of their lives. There are two principal bay s of vast size, one called the gulf of St. Lawrence, the other French bay.
But this port to obviate misunderstanding is not on the Ocean lying eastward, but on that gulf which I have called French bay. New Word List Word List. Save This Word!
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