Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun estuary

1 sense of estuary

Sense 1
estuary -- (the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix)
       => body of water, water -- (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge")