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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
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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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