Estuary

['estjʊ(ə)rɪ] or ['ɛstʃʊ'ɛri]

(noun.) the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix.

Checker: Ramona--From WordNet

(n.) A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.

(n.) A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.

(a.) Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.

Typed by Jed

n. Frith, inlet, arm of the sea.

Inputed by Leonard

n. the wide lower part of a river where it becomes tidal.—adjs. Estuā′rian Es′tūarine.

Typist: Willie