EMBAYMENTS Synonyms

• an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

• the sound of a hound on the scent

• small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

• a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital

• a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose

• a small recess opening off a larger room

• a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

• (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

• utter in deep prolonged tones

• bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

• a small inlet

• small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

• the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

• a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

• a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

• an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

• a deep wide chasm

• a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

• a place of refuge and comfort and security

• maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

• secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

• keep in one's possession; of animals

• hold back a thought or feeling about

• a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

• the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

• the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

• the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

• an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

• an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

• a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral