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es·tu·ary \ˈes(h)chəˌwerē, -ri\ noun (-es) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Latin aestuarium, from aestus heaving of the sea, tide, boiling, heat + -arium; akin to Latin aestas summer — more at aestival 1. a. : a water passage (as the mouth of a river) where the tide meets the current of a stream : tidal river b. : an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river 2. : a drowned river mouth caused by the sinking of the land near the coast |