Bight

What do we mean by bight?

A loop in a rope. noun

The middle or slack part of an extended rope. noun

A bend or curve, especially in a shoreline. noun

A wide bay formed by such a bend or curve. noun

To fold or double so as to make one or more bights.

. A bend or bending; an angle, especially in a living body, as of the elbow, or the inward bend of a horse's chambrel, or the bend of the fore knees. noun

2. A loop of a rope, in distinction from the ends; any bent part or turn of a rope between the ends. noun

. A narrow bay or recess in a sea-coast between comparatively distant headlands; a long and gradual bend of a coast-line: used especially in the names Bight of Benin and of Biafra in Africa, and the Great Australian Bight (on the south coast). noun

. A similar bend in the shore of a river or a bay, or recess in a mountain; a bay-like indentation. noun

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow. noun

A bend in a coast forming an open bay. noun

The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop. noun

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow. noun

An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf noun

A curve in a rope noun

A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline noun

A loop in a rope noun

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

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf

A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.

A curve in a rope

Words that are spelled similarly to bight:
bight, light, right, night, fight, bigot, sight, blight, tight, bright, might, eight, dight, wight, hight, pight, aight, kight, bigha, bght, bigit.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bight:
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Words that rhyme with bight:
light, bite, right, white, insight, night, site, write, fight, despite, quite, expedite, smight, sight, trite, erudite, cite, flight, blight, recondite, contrite, frostbite, plight, tight, alright, alight, oversight, bright, delight, lite, neophyte, highlight, spite, slight, acolyte, website, twilight, incite, luddite, height, mite, might, satellite, indict, fortnight, ignite, rite, hindsight, finite, kite, smite, apartheid, invite, forthright, knight, polite, appetite, outright, dight, parasite, plebiscite, wright, recite, underwrite, upright, backbite, foresight, excite, copyright, sprite, spotlight, sleight, unite, overwrite, overnight, limelight, rewrite, hermaphrodite, indite, goodnight, downright, tripartite, fright, nite, uptight, moonlight, extradite, wight, apatite, byte, midnight, fahrenheit, graphite, lignite, feit, twite, dolomite, playwright, meteorite, brite.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bight:
great, southern, small, deep, little, large, shallow, inner, australian, long, open, second, narrow, big, sandy, atlantic, central, whole, middle, western, northern, eastern, south, double, wide, magnetic, broad, lower, upper, sheltered, entire, rocky, outer, irregular, german, coastal, tiny, bleak, loose, windless, triangular, stagnant, four, eutrophic, huge, looped, extreme, midmost, lonely, heligoland, hand, arabian, nearshore, bowline, top, southeastern, snug, five, three, pretty, dangerous, tenant, peaceful, fmall, all, adjacent, dismal, shadowy, two, noble, desolate, east, strand, eight, twenty, locked.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bight:
stretches, apex, head, ward, system, vols, half, side, knot, rev, angled, turk, lion, men, hand, hemiplegia, ascension, benin, face, thinking, aspirations, shoulder.

Consonant match to bight:
beat, bite, bet, bit, boot, bat, boat, but, butt, bout, bait, beet, bought, bate, byte, batt, baht, bert, bott, burt, beit, bootp, botte, birt, bett, bhatt, batte, boutte, burtt, boyt, boote, berte, boyte.

Words that sound like bight:
bite, bight, byte, beit, bitw, byt, beat, boat, bit, bat, but, bet, butt, boot, bought, bait, bout, bot, bate, beet, bide, bett, batt, bott, batte, baht, bitt, bote, bitte, bhatt, boyt, botte, bte, baat, bete, boit, bayt, bhat, boote, boet, biet, baut, beide, boutte, boite, beute, bhot, bhoot, beete, byde, bhut, pite, pight, bnt, bed, bad, bid, bae, bead, bio, bert, bi, bayou, bade, beed, bies, bawd, biked, bai, bede, baud, badd, baad, bayed, baya, baid, baed, baie, beede, bights, baade, biit, biot, berte, bhad, bacd, beiter, baia, baisch, bayat, bht, abite, baaed, bahd, berht, bght, bi-, biais, biid, bio-.