estuary
A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
Other meanings
An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
A kind of
- body of water
Related words
- estuarial
- estuarian
- estuaried
- palaeoestuary
- subestuary
- Estuary English
- estuary seahorse
Word history
From Latin "aestuarium" (creek”, “estuary of a river).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “estuary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.