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21Bight of Bonny — geographical name see Biafra, Bight of …
22Bight of Benin — noun a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa • Instance Hypernyms: ↑bight • Part Holonyms: ↑Gulf of Guinea …
23bight — A bend in a coast forming an open bay or an open bay formed by such a bend …
24bight — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English byht bend, bay; akin to Old English būgan to bend more at bow Date: 15th century 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 …
25bight — 1) an indentation of the coast forming a large open bay 2) the part of a line between the end and the standing part on which a knot is formed 3) bucht …
26bight — Synonyms and related words: L, angle, apex, arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bend, bifurcation, boca, cant, chevron, coin, corner, cove, crank, creek, crook, crotchet, deflection, dogleg, elbow, ell, estuary, euripus, fjord, fork, frith, furcation …
27bight — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A body of water partly enclosed by land but having a wide outlet to the sea: bay1, cove, inlet. See TERRITORY …
28bight — see BOW …
29bight — bite, byte …
30bight — baɪt n. loop in a rope; middle part of a rope; curve or recess in the shore of a sea or river …