ESTUARY


Meaning of ESTUARY in English

/ ˈestʃuəri; NAmE -eri/ ( pl. -ies ) noun

the wide part of a river where it flows into the sea :

the Thames estuary

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent. (denoting a tidal inlet of any size): from Latin aestuarium tidal part of a shore, from aestus tide.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.