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      bay
      noun
      (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
      (countable) A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries.
      (uncountable) Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
      A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
      A horse of this color.
      The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
      (uncountable) Mahogany of species Swietenia macrophylla obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
      A bank or dam to keep back water.
      (US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
      An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
      An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
      A display unit in a shop or store, especially a large metal one
      The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
      (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
      (rail transport) A bay platform.
      A bay window.
      A room for editing video footage or physical film.
      (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
      (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
      A surname
      A region of Somalia.
      (informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay: a bay of the Pacific Ocean in California, United States. [(geography) A large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, which gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area.]
      (informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area (metropolitan area in California): a geographic region of California, United States. [A region of California, United States The nine or twelve counties surrounding the city of San Francisco.]
      (in the plural, now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
      (obsolete) A berry.
      verb
      (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
      (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
      (intransitive) To howl.
      adjective
      (especially of horses) Of a reddish-brown colour.
      Synonyms for bay
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