as in chamber
one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
the garage has three separate bays for cars
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as in estuary
a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
the bay is a favorite cruising ground for weekend yachtsmen
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as in glory
usually bays plural
public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement
he wrote for his own personal satisfaction, not for any bays that the literary establishment might deign to bestow
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as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
the mob was baying for revenge
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Recent Examples of bay
Hannah Freedman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
The 500-watt power supply is mounted at the bottom alongside an empty 3.5-inch drive bay with pre-run SATA and power cables.
—PCMAG, 8 Feb. 2025
Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
There were just thousands of reviews on this silly T-shirt of three wolves baying at the moon.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
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Noun
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A good hat is a must on cold days, and this one kept me nice and toasty around Antarctica’s bays.
—Hannah Freedman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
The 500-watt power supply is mounted at the bottom alongside an empty 3.5-inch drive bay with pre-run SATA and power cables.
—PCMAG, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
The dogs bay the sable, and then poachers move in with spears.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
There were just thousands of reviews on this silly T-shirt of three wolves baying at the moon.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bay
Verb
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Fans in their team jerseys waved flags, shouted for their countrymen and continued the ritual booing of the opposing national anthem that has become an nightly undercard for a tournament that was the return of NHL stars to the international scene after missing the last two Winter Olympics.—
Jimmy Golen,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Every so often, one of the firefighters howled like a wolf and the crew howled back.—
M. R. O’Connor,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The rain started falling, the winds started howling, and the phones started ringing.—
The Sacramento Bee,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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Hedges will yell from the Guardians’ dugout if a catcher mishandles a pitch, poking fun at his manager, Stephen Vogt, a former catcher known more for his offense than defense.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Now in Season 3, another family patriarch on the verge of ruin – this time, financial – also gets yelled at on a phone call, and the person on the other end of the line is another surprise voice cameo by an Academy Award-winning supporting actor.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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One family has a sick child who could be heard crying in the background during a call between Herischi and Panamanian officials.—
Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Constant observation of these events on your social media can create a massive shock to the nervous system and a sense of disintegration and fragmentation, coupled with intense emotions such as crying, shallow breathing or lashing out.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Those in need of shelter from the cold can call 211 to check availability of beds.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2023
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Their children’s schoolmates call the sisters the Puffling Queens.—
Cheryl Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2023
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“Bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bay. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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