1. estuary - Noun
2. estuary - Adjective
3. Estuary - Proper noun
A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
Source: Webster's dictionarySeeing the rebirth of the Delaware Estuary as a valuable natural resource is certainly encouraging, and I am encouraged not just by the progress made in the Delaware Estuary but in estuaries throughout the country. Jim Gerlach
The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected. Tim Bishop
The Delaware Estuary has sustained a human population for thousands of years, but by the end of the 19th Century, increased population and industrialization had transformed much of the upper Estuary watershed. Jim Gerlach
About 11000 yr ago, the Rhine estuary was in the Strait of Dover. Source: Internet
Albert S. Cook, Asser's life of King Alfred, 1906 In 879 a Viking fleet that had assembled in the Thames estuary sailed across the channel to start a new campaign on the continent. Source: Internet
A small port was built at the Yarkon estuary, and many cafes, clubs and cinemas opened. Source: Internet