An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
English: bay, embayment
suakBahasa Indonesia
bay, bight, cove, embayment, indentation
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Noun
A small inlet
English: cove
Bahasa: serokan
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An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
English: inlet, recess
Bahasa: ceruk, lekuk, reses, relung, serok, serokan, caruk
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2 more noun senses
A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
English: indentation, indenture
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A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
English: bight
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