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ESTUARY
estuary
(noun) the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
estuary (plural estuaries)
Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
Anagrams
• Autreys, Teruyas
Proper noun
Estuary
(colloquial) Estuary English
Anagrams
• Autreys, Teruyas
Source: Wiktionary
Es"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Estuaries. Etym: [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also æstuary.]
1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] Boyle.
2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. Dana.
Es"tu*a*ry, a.
Definition: Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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