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estuary - 7 dictionary results

es⋅tu⋅ar⋅y

[es-choo-er-ee]
–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


es⋅tu⋅ar⋅i⋅al [es-choo-air-ee-uhl] , adjective
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.

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.

Estuary

Es"tu*a*ry\, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. --Lyell.
Language Translation for : estuary
Spanish: estuario,
German: die Flußmündung,
Japanese: 河口

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.


estuary 
1538, from L. æstuarium "a tidal marsh or opening," from æstus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat."
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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