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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