Heligoland is located in the German Bight.
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Bight
//baɪt//
Synonyms for "bight" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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13 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- бухта noun (large bay)
- бухта noun (curve)
- навито въже noun (curve)
- чупка noun (bend)
Catalan
1 entries- badia oberta noun (large bay)
Danish
1 entries- bugt noun (large bay)
Dutch
3 entries- bocht noun (bend)
- bocht noun (large bay)
- lus noun (curve)
Finnish
4 entries- kuoppa noun (bend)
- lahti noun (large bay)
- mutka noun (bend)
- mutka noun (curve)
French
1 entries- baie noun (large bay)
Georgian
1 entries- უბე noun (large bay)
German
1 entries- Bucht noun (large bay)
Hungarian
4 entries- bemélyedés noun (bend)
- hajlat noun (bend)
- hajlás noun (bend)
- hurok noun (curve)
Ido
1 entries- sesgo noun (bend)
Italian
2 entries- ansa noun (large bay)
- baia noun (large bay)
Māori
3 entries- kokoru noun (large bay)
- kokorutanga noun (large bay)
- kowhanenga noun (large bay)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bukt noun (large bay)
Polish
4 entries- pętla noun (curve)
- skręt noun (curve)
- zagięcie noun (bend)
- zatoka noun (large bay)
Portuguese
1 entries- enseada noun (large bay)
Russian
4 entries- бу́хта noun (large bay)
- изги́б noun (bend)
- пе́тля noun (curve)
- петля́ noun (curve)
Spanish
4 entries- corva noun (bend)
- curva noun (bend)
- ensenada noun (large bay)
- lazo noun (curve)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
A bight is a long, gradual bend or recess in the shoreline that forms a large, open bay.
Source: tatoeba (6708724)
The Southern California Bight is the curved coastline between Point Conception and San Diego, and encompasses the Channel Islands.
Source: tatoeba (6708727)
the bight of a horse's knee
Source: wiktionary
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