Definition of "estuary" []

• The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides. (noun)
• An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river. (noun)

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• "He'll take a helicopter tour of the thin orange line of protective booms that divides thousands of acres of estuary from the toxic tides."
• "An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it."
• "You can fish from shore anywhere in estuary or the beach with fresh shrimp."