'Estuary' definitions:
Definition of 'estuary'
From: WordNet
noun
The wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
Definition of 'Estuary'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith. [1913 Webster]
- it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. --Dana. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Estuary'
From: GCIDE
- Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. --Lyell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'estuary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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