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   bay

   /bā/

   noun

   • 1. a space created by a window-line projecting outward from a wall.
   • ▪ a section of wall between two buttresses or columns, especially in the nave of a church.
   • 2. a compartment with a particular function in a motor vehicle, aircraft, or ship: "a bomb bay"
   • ▪ an area allocated or marked off for a specified purpose: "a loading bay"
   • ▪ a cabinet, or a space in the cabinet, into which an electronic device is installed: "a drive bay"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French baie, from baer ‘to gape’, from medieval Latin batare, of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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