Definitions for estuary

estuary es·tu·ar·y

Spelling: [es-choo-er-ee]
IPA: /ˈɛs tʃuˌɛr i/

Estuary is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in estuary (aerstuy).

Definitions for estuary

noun

  1. that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
  2. an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river.

Origin of estuary

1530-40; Latin aestuārium channel, creek, inlet, equivalent to aestu(s) tide + -ārium -ary

Examples for estuary

At 20 years old, Henry waded into an estuary and nearly drowned in an attempt to swim across.

By three o'clock they had left the estuary of the Seine and entered the Channel.

It is across this estuary that the lower bridge has been built.

It was raw and damp as we rowed into the estuary at sunrise in search of the seals.

Over the estuary of the Rhine River Stan met his first flak.

Joseph paused for a few second, staring out across the estuary.

The estuary where religion and politics intersect is constantly changing.

What had been sea at one period had been estuary or lake at another.

Ghost Hawk arose like a mist from the estuary salt-marsh on the South Shore where she built her island home.

The topsail and jib were spread, and the sloop glided out of the estuary.

Word Value for estuary
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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