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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