bight
Definitions
Noun
- A loop in a rope
- A bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
- A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline
- The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
Verb
- Fasten with a bight
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "bight".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | might | 1 | 672 |
| 2 | right | 1 | 613 |
| 3 | night | 1 | 411 |
| 4 | light | 1 | 333 |
| 5 | eight | 1 | 104 |
| 6 | fight | 1 | 98 |
| 7 | bright | 1 | 87 |
| 8 | sight | 1 | 83 |
| 9 | tight | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | blight | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | ebright | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | benight | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | wight | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | kight | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | hight | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | bligh | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | bigot | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | rubright | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | burright | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | brighton | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
New Research Reveals: The New York Bight Is an Important Year-Round Habitat for Endangered Fin Whales
Feb 15, 2024 WCS Newsroom
Feb 15, 2024 WCS Newsroom
Increasing Frequency of Mid‐Depth Salinity Maximum Intrusions in the Middle Atlantic Bight
Jun 22, 2022 AGU Publications
Jun 22, 2022 AGU Publications
Bumper year for southern right whale births along Great Australian Bight
Aug 21, 2025 ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Aug 21, 2025 ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight: Trans-Tasman Resources’ fast-track bid is too risky
Oct 10, 2025 greenpeace.org
Oct 10, 2025 greenpeace.org