Found 3 items, similar to Estuaries.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: estuary
muara
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: estuary
estuary
n : the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and
salt water mix
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Estuaries
Estuary
\Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl.
Estuaries. [L. aestuarium, from
aestuare to surge. See
Estuate.] [Written also
[ae]stuary.]
1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
[Obs.] --Boyle.
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2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide
meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
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it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.
--Dana.
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