different between midbay vs midday

English

Etymology

mid- +? bay

Adjective

midbay (not comparable)

1. In the middle of a bay; partway along a bay.
   • 2007, Gregory S. Baker, Harry M. Jol, Stratigraphic Analyses Using GPR (page 107)

     The Calderwood Desert site is located on the eastern side of the basin and consists of a midbay barrier in the northern portion of a small northward opening embayment […]

English

Alternative forms

• mid-day

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæ? (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- +? day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?d?de?/

Noun

midday (countable and uncountable, plural middays)

1. noon; twelve o'clock during the day

Synonyms

• nones, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday

Antonyms

• midnight; see also Thesaurus:midnight

Translations

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Anagrams

• mydaid