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ALL meanings of estuary

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  • noun estuary The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream. 1
  • noun estuary where river meets sea 1
  • noun estuary Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge. 0
  • noun estuary An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water. 0
  • countable noun estuary An estuary is the wide part of a river where it joins the sea. 0
  • noun estuary the widening channel of a river where it nears the sea, with a mixing of fresh water and salt (tidal) water 0
  • noun estuary an inlet of the sea 0
  • noun estuary an inlet or arm of the sea; esp., the lower portion or wide mouth of a river, where the salty tide meets the freshwater current 0
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