Home › Words › E › embaymentembayment/ɪmˈbeɪmənt/embayment · noun — A bay. (the water).Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, embayment ranks #2,496 of 42,890 for Qualifying.embayment is pronounced /ɪmˈbeɪmənt/.EtymologyFrom em- + bay + -ment.nounA bay. (the water)The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.The process by which a bay is formed.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.embayed 72% match — Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured. vs embayment →bebay 71% match — To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround. vs embayment →bay 71% match — A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline. vs embayment →bayed 67% match — Having a bay or bays. vs embayment →bayside 64% match — Located along a bay vs embayment →embay 63% match — To bathe; to steep. vs embayment →baylike 61% match — Resembling or characteristic of a bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land). vs embayment →bayfront 61% match — Adjoining or fronting on a bay. vs embayment →