how to pronounce bay

/ˈbɛɪ/

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bay is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of bay in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… from the city by the bay to one on cape …”

meaning of bay

Bay is a body of water.

bay frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word bay occurs in english on average 37.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bay can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bay can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;