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Word entry · 7 letters

estuary

Best crossword clue

"Tidal river mouth"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛstjʊəɹi/Part of speech nounSorted aerstuyStarts with EEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
1E2S3T4U5A6R7Y

Definitions

  1. Wide river mouth where fresh water mixes with sea water.

Word origin

From Latin aestuarium (“creek”, “estuary of a river”).

Used in a sentence

  • The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.
  • Many of them would move to the new private housing estates springing up further east along the Thames Corridor, where they would learn to 'speak Estuary'.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Tidal river mouth7 letters
02River-mouth inlet7 letters

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