English noun: bight |
1. | bight (shape) a loop in a rope |
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| Broader (hypernym) | loop |
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2. | bight (shape) a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bend, crook, turn, twist |
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3. | bight (object) a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline |
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| Samples | The Bight of Benin. The Great Australian Bight.
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| Broader (hypernym) | bay, embayment |
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| Instance hyponym | Bight of Benin, Great Australian Bight |
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4. | bight (artifact) the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | center, centre, midpoint |
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| Part meronym | rope |
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