estuary

estuary

noun

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

Related Words harbor, port, road(s), roadstead; narrow, sound, strait; bayou; backwater, slough (also slew or slue)