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es⋅tu⋅ar⋅y

  [es-choo-er-ee]
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–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

Related forms:
es⋅tu⋅ar⋅i⋅al  [es-choo-air-ee-uhl] , adjective
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es·tu·ar·y   (ěs'chōō-ěr'ē)   
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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estuary   (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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