Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embayment

/ɪmˈbeɪmənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: em-bay-ment
IPA: /ɪmˈbeɪmənt/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bay. (the water)

noun

The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)

noun

A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.

noun

The process by which a bay is formed.

Example Sentences

"The path climbed along a wall of purple sandstone above an embayment and in the sunlit shadows below him he could see the long cataphracted forms of gars lying in a kind of electric repose among the reeds."

Etymology

From em- + bay + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: en
Suffix: bay

Inflected Forms

embayments (plural)

Synonyms

bay

Rhymes With

payment non-payment repayment claimant prepayment downpayment nonpayment copayment rayment arcement

Questions

How do you pronounce embayment?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪmˈbeɪmənt/.
What does embayment mean?: A bay. (the water)
Where does embayment come from?: From em- + bay + -ment.

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