Definition of Bay

Noun

• a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
  
• a small recess opening off a larger room
  alcove
• a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
  "he opened the bomb bay"
  
• a compartment on a ship between decks
  often used as a hospital
  "they put him in the sick bay"
  
• 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
  - true laurel - bay laurel - bay tree - laurus nobilis
• the sound of a hound on the scent
  
• an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
  embayment

Verb

• bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
  quest
• utter in deep prolonged tones
  

Adjective

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

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