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es·tu·ar·y    Audio Help   [es-choo-er-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ar·ies.
1.that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
2.an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river.
[Origin: 1530–40; < L aestuārium channel, creek, inlet, equiv. to aestu(s) tide + -ārium -ary]

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es·tu·ar·i·al    Audio Help   [es-choo-air-ee-uhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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es·tu·ar·y    Audio Help   (ěs'chōō-ěr'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. es·tu·ar·ies
  1. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
  2. An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river.


[Latin aestuārium, from aestus, tide, surge, heat.]

es'tu·ar'i·al (-âr'ē-əl) adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
estuary 
1538, from L. æstuarium "a tidal marsh or opening," from æstus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat."

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estuary

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

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
estuary [ˈestjuəri] noun — plural ˈestuaries
the wide lower part of a river up which the tide flows
Example: the Thames estuary
Arabic: مَصَب النَّهْر
Chinese (Simplified): 河口
Chinese (Traditional): 河口
Czech: ústí
Danish: flodmunding
Dutch: riviermond
Estonian: lehtersuue
Finnish: jokisuu
French: estuaire
German: die Flußmündung
Greek: στόμιο, εκβολή ποταμού
Hungarian: torkolat
Icelandic: ármynni, árós
Indonesian: muara
Italian: estuario
Japanese: 河口
Latvian: upes grīva
Lithuanian: žiotys
Norwegian: elvemunning
Polish: ujście rzeki
Portuguese (Brazil): estuário
Portuguese (Portugal): estuário
Romanian: estuar
Russian: эстуарий
Slovak: ústie
Slovenian: rečno ustje
Spanish: estuario
Swedish: flodmynning
Turkish: nehir ağzı, haliç
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estuary    Audio Help   (ěs'ch-ěr'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The wide lower course of a river where it flows into the sea. Estuaries experience tidal flows and their water is a changing mixture of fresh and salt.
  2. An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
estuary [(es-chooh-er-ee)]

A wide body of water formed where a large river meets the sea. It contains both fresh and salt water.


[Chapter:] Earth Sciences


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Estuary

[AE]s"tu*a*ry\ (?; 135), n. & a. See Estuary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Estuary

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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