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Summary

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bight:
- Wiktionary:
  bight → Bucht
  bight → Bucht
- Synonyms for "bight":
  loop
  bend; crook; twist; turn
  bay; embayment
  center; centre; midpoint
  fasten; fix; secure

English

Detailed Translations for bight from English to German

bight:

Synonyms for "bight":

Related Definitions for "bight":

the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)¹
a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline¹
a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)¹
a loop in a rope¹
fasten with a bight¹

Wiktionary Translations for bight:

bight

noun

large bay
- bight → Bucht

bight

Geografie: eine Gewässerfläche innerhalb einer Einbiegung, Einwärtsbiegung von Küstenlinie und Uferlinien, innerhalb einer dreiseitigen Begrenzung durch Land
- Bucht → inlet; bight; bay

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