bight in English dictionary

  • bight

    Meanings and definitions of "bight"

    • A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
    • An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
    • A curve in a rope
    • noun
      A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
    • noun
      An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
    • noun
      (geography)
      a bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature
    • noun
      A curve in a rope
    • bend
    • large bay
    • curve
    • A broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline.
    • noun
      a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
    • noun
      a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
    • noun
      a loop in a rope
    • noun
      the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
    • verb
      fasten with a bight

    Synonyms of "bight" in English dictionary

    crook, embayment, centre are the top synonyms of "bight" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of bight

    • bight ( plural  bights) A bight (curve in a rope)
    • bight (plural bights)
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