bight English

Meaning bight meaning

What does bight mean?

bight

— noun the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)

— noun a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline the Bight of Benin the Great Australian Bight

— noun a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

— noun a loop in a rope

— verb fasten with a bight

Synonyms bight synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bight?

bight English » English

bay

cove

inlet

sound

gulf

creek

mesh

loop

fjord

embayment

becket

springe

snare

slaughter

single stitch

plain stitch

plain

picture window

notch

noose

knitting stitch

knit stitch

knit

inside loop

grummet

grommet

glade

fake

eyesplice

eye

estuary

engpass

cringle

bottleneck

berry

angle