bay | (adjective) (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color | - |
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(noun) a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color | - |
(noun) a small recess opening off a larger room | Synonyms: alcove |
(noun) a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose | - |
(noun) a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital | - |
(noun) the sound of a hound on the scent | - |
(noun) an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | Synonyms: embayment |
(noun) 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 | Synonyms: bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis, true laurel |
(verb) bark with prolonged noises, of dogs | Synonyms: quest |
(verb) utter in deep prolonged tones | - |
baya | (noun) common Indian weaverbird | Synonyms: Ploceus philippinus |
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bayat | (noun) an oath of allegiance to an emir | - |
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bayberry | (noun) West Indian tree; source of bay rum | Synonyms: bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris, wild cinnamon |
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(noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | Synonyms: candleberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry |
bayonet | (noun) a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
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(verb) stab or kill someone with a bayonet | - |
bayou | (noun) a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) | - |
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