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Definition of bight noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bight

noun

/baɪt/

/baɪt/

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a long curved part of a coast or river
- the Great Australian Bight
Word OriginOld English byht ‘a bend or angle’, of Germanic origin; related to bow1.

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