C1nounnatureenvironment
US/ˈes.tʃu.er.i/
UK/ˈes.tʃʊ.ə.ri/
the wide part of a river where it meets the sea and fresh water mixes with salt water
In context
Many birds feed in the estuary when the tide goes out.
The report warns that pollution is damaging the estuary and its fish.
The city was built on the banks of a wide estuary.
Words that go with estuary
noun + noun
- river estuaryThe river estuary is a protected area.
adjective + noun
- wide estuaryA wide estuary separates the two towns.
- tidal estuaryA tidal estuary rises and falls with the sea.
- polluted estuaryFish cannot survive in a polluted estuary.
noun + preposition
- estuary of a riverThe estuary of the river is full of mud flats.