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say it: bay
bay is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf". It carries 10 recorded senses.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
the sound of a hound on the scent
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
a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
“they put him in the sick bay”
a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
“he opened the bomb bay”
a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
utter in deep prolonged tones
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bay come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.