Words Like BIGHT
We have put together a list of words that are similar to BIGHT.
11 Alternative Words Similar to bight
1 examples of bight
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the Great Australian Bight
10 definitions of bight
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. A bend or bending; an angle, especially in a living body, as of the elbow, or the inward bend of a horse's chambrel, or the bend of the fore knees.
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2. A loop of a rope, in distinction from the ends; any bent part or turn of a rope between the ends.
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. A narrow bay or recess in a sea-coast between comparatively distant headlands; a long and gradual bend of a coast-line: used especially in the names Bight of Benin and of Biafra in Africa, and the Great Australian Bight (on the south coast).
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. A similar bend in the shore of a river or a bay, or recess in a mountain; a bay-like indentation.
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To fold or double so as to make one or more bights.
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A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
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An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
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a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline