A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. [1][2][3] A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, …

Idiom bay for blood (Definition of bay from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

: any of several shrubs or trees (such as the red bay or sweet bay) resembling the laurel compare bay rum

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.

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.

Definition of bay noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

15 hours ago · bay (countable and uncountable, plural bays) (countable) A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries. …

the position or stand of an animal or fugitive that is forced to turn and resist pursuers because it is no longer possible to flee (usually prec. by at or to): a stag at bay; to bring an escaped convict …

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines a bay as a well-marked indentation in the coastline, whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain …

BAY meaning: a large area of water that is part of an ocean or lake and partly surrounded by land