estuary
51estuary — Synonyms and related words: arm, armlet, avenue, bay, bayou, belt, bight, blowhole, boca, channel, chute, cove, creek, debouch, door, egress, emunctory, escape, euripus, exhaust, exit, fjord, floodgate, flume, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet,… …
52estuary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. arm, inlet, firth, fjord; mouth, delta. See opening. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. river mouth, inlet, arm of the sea, fiord, drowned river, tidewater, tidal river; see also arm 3 , bay 1 , water 2 . III… …
53estuary — es|tu|ar|y [ estʃu,eri ] noun count the part of a large river where it becomes wide and flows into the ocean …
54estuary — a) A seaward end or the widened funnel shaped tidal mouth of a river valley where fresh water comes into contact with seawater and where tidal effects are evident; e.g., a tidal river, or a partially enclosed coastal body of water where the… …
55estuary — es·tu·ar·y || estjÊŠÉ™rɪ n. place where the river current meets the sea tide (as in the mouth of a river) …
56estuary — [ ɛstjʊ(ə)ri] noun (plural estuaries) the tidal mouth of a large river. Derivatives estuarial adjective estuarine rʌɪn adjective Origin C16: from L. aestuarium tidal part of a shore , from aestus tide …
57estuary — n. Frith, firth, fiord, inlet, creek, arm of the sea …
58estuary — n inlet, cove, reach, arm, armlet, Scot. loch; firth, fjord, bay, bayou, mouth …
59estuary — es·tu·ary …
60estuary — [ˈestjuəri] noun [C] the part of a large river where it becomes wide and flows into the sea …
