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Estuary

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Noun

1. estuary

the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Estuary

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noun plural -aries
1. 
the widening channel of a river where it nears the sea, with a mixing of fresh water and salt (tidal) water
2. 
an inlet of the sea

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Estuary

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nounWord forms: plural ˈestuˌaries
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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Estuary

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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.

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