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Definitions of bay
a. - Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. ²
n. - An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character. ²
n. - A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc. ²
n. - A recess or indentation shaped like a bay. ²
n. - A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers. ²
n. - A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks. ²
n. - A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. ²
n. - A berry, particularly of the laurel. ²
n. - The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. ²
n. - A tract covered with bay trees. ²
v. i. - To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. ²
v. t. - To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. ²
v. i. - Deep-toned, prolonged barking. ²
v. i. - A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. ²
v. t. - To bathe. ²
n. - A bank or dam to keep back water. ²
v. t. - To dam, as water; -- with up or back. ²

The word "bay" uses 3 letters: A B Y.

Direct anagrams of bay:
  aby

Words formed by adding one letter before or after bay (in bold), or to aby in any order:
b -   baby   e -   abye   g -   gaby   l -   ably   r -   bray   s -   abys   bays  

Shorter words found within bay:
ab   ay   ba   by   ya  

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