estuary
(noun) the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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Estuary
(colloquial) Estuary English
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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
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
