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Definition of estuary noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

estuary

noun
 
/ˈestʃuəri/
 
/ˈestʃueri/
(plural estuaries)
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  1. the wide part of a river where it flows into the sea
    • the Thames estuary
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a tidal inlet of any size): from Latin aestuarium ‘tidal part of a shore’, from aestus ‘tide’.
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