bay
/ˈbeɪ̯/ noun C2- 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. · end bay· gondola bay
- A section of ceiling delineated by supports such as rafters or vaulting ribs.
- Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
- A bay platform.
- A bay window.
- A room for editing video footage or physical film.
Plural bays
From the library
To where my toy vessels lie safe in the bay.
And from the window-bay
If it’s your liver, there’s the _Rambler_ down in the bay, coaled, and ready to steam down to the Bahamas in two days.”
Let him be accepted.” And then came Akela’s deep bay, crying: “Look well--look well, O Wolves!”
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