Bay vs. Beach

Baynoun

(obsolete) A berry.

Baynoun

Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.

Baynoun

Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.

Baynoun

The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.

Baynoun

A tract covered with bay trees.

Baynoun

A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.

Baynoun

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.

Baynoun

A bank or dam to keep back water.

Baynoun

An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.

Baynoun

An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.

Baynoun

The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.

Baynoun

(nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.

Baynoun

(rail transport) A bay platform.

Baynoun

A bay window.

Baynoun

The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.

Baynoun

(by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.

Baynoun

(figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

Baynoun

A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

Baynoun

A horse of this color.

Bayverb

(intransitive) To howl.

Bayverb

(transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.

Bayverb

(transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Bayadjective

Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

Bayadjective

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; - applied to the color of horses.

Baynoun

An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

Baynoun

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.

Baynoun

A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.

Baynoun

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.

Baynoun

A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.

Baynoun

A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.

Baynoun

A berry, particularly of the laurel.

Baynoun

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.

Baynoun

A tract covered with bay trees.

Baynoun

Deep-toned, prolonged barking.

Baynoun

A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

Baynoun

A bank or dam to keep back water.

Bayverb

To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

Bayverb

To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.

Bayverb

To bathe.

Bayverb

To dam, as water; - with up or back.

Baynoun

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

Baynoun

the sound of a hound on the scent

Baynoun

small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

Baynoun

a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital;

Baynoun

a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;

Baynoun

a small recess opening off a larger room

Baynoun

a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

Bayverb

utter in deep prolonged tones

Bayverb

bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

Bayadjective

(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

Bay

A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or even another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight.

Beachnoun

The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

Beachnoun

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

Beachnoun

The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.

Beachverb

(intransitive) To run aground on a beach.

Beachverb

(transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.

Beachverb

(of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.

Beachnoun

Pebbles, collectively; shingle.

Beachnoun

The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.

Beachverb

To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.

Beachnoun

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

Beachverb

land on a beach;

Beachnoun

a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks

Beachverb

run or haul up (a boat or ship) on to a beach

Beachverb

(of an angler) land (a fish) on a beach

Beachverb

(of a whale or similar animal) become stranded out of the water

Beachverb

leave (someone) at a loss

Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.