embayment

1. A bay. (the water)

   Bucht, Einbuchtung

2. The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)

   Buchtuferline

   an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

3. A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.

4. The process by which a bay is formed.

regular