ESTUARY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("estuary" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "estuary"):

firth (a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland))

Instance hyponyms:

Humber (an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River)

Para; Para River (an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows)

La Plata; Plata River; Rio de la Plata (an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay)

Holonyms ("estuary" is a part of...):

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Derivation:

estuarial (of or relating to or found in estuaries)