Synonyms for estuary
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : es-choo-er-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛs tʃuˌɛr i |
Définition of estuary
Origin :- 1530s, from Latin aestuarium "a tidal marsh or opening," from aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat," from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice). Related: Estuaries; estuarine.
- noun mouth
- Over the estuary of the Rhine River Stan met his first flak.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- It was raw and damp as we rowed into the estuary at sunrise in search of the seals.
- Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- By three o'clock they had left the estuary of the Seine and entered the Channel.
- Extract from : « The Blonde Lady » by Maurice Leblanc
- The topsail and jib were spread, and the sloop glided out of the estuary.
- Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
- It is across this estuary that the lower bridge has been built.
- Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
- What had been sea at one period had been estuary or lake at another.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Betsey » by Hugh Miller
- That obstacle is the estuary of the Medway, which Rochester guarded and possessed.
- Extract from : « England of My Heart--Spring » by Edward Hutton
- Do you see the sand, sea-weed, and shells yonder at the end of the estuary?
- Extract from : « Joshua, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- We came into the estuary of the Loire and halted, waiting for a pilot.
- Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie
- The estuary which leads from Harwich to the sea is long and tortuous.
- Extract from : « Through Scandinavia to Moscow » by William Seymour Edwards
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