estuary | Definition of estuary

Synonyms and Antonyms of estuary

a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline

the city sits on the shores of a deep estuary where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean

Synonyms of estuary

arm, bay, bight, cove, creek [chiefly British], embayment, firth, fjord (also fiord), gulf, inlet, loch [Scottish]

Words Related to estuary

harbor, port, road(s), roadstead

narrow, sound, strait

backwater, slough (also slew)