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Estuary Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Estuary? [n] the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix Synonyms \| Synonyms for Estuary: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Estuary: 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 \| kyle \| loch \| loophole \| mouth \| narrow \| narrow seas \| narrows \| natural harbor \| opening \| out \| outcome \| outfall \| outgate \| outgo \| outlet \| pore \| port \| reach \| road \| roads \| roadstead \| sally port \| sluice \| sound \| spiracle \| spout \| strait \| straits \| tap \| vent \| ventage \| venthole \| vomitory \| way out \| weir See Also \| body of water \| firth \| La Plata \| Para \| Para River \| Plata River \| Rio de la Plata \| river \| water Estuary In Webster's Dictionary \Es"tuary\, n.; pl. {Estuaries}. [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See {Estuate}.] [Written also {[ae]stuary}.] 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"tuary\, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. --Lyell.

Estuary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Estuary?

[n] the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

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Estuary In Webster's Dictionary

\Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Estuaries}. [L. aestuarium, from
aestuare to surge. See {Estuate}.] [Written also
{[ae]stuary}.]
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.
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
--Lyell.

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