Thesaurus: estuary

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1. n. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
2. n. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
3. a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
4. n. the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
5. 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. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.
6. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.Lyell.
7. n:100 n. the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix