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estuary - 9 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | estuary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mouth |
| Synonyms: | arm, creek, fjord, inlet, firth, tidewater, waterway |
| Main Entry: | canal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, bottleneck, channel, conduit, course, cove, ditch, duct, estuary, trench, water, watercourse, choke point, firth |
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, sound, wash, firth, frith, slough |
| Main Entry: | inlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm of the sea |
| Synonyms: | basin, bay, bayou, bight, canal, channel, cove, creek, entrance, estuary, fjord, gulf, harbor, ingress, passage, sound, strait, delta, firth, loch, narrows, slew, slough |
| Main Entry: | marsh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | bog, estuary, fen, mire, morass, moss, quagmire, everglade, quag, slough, swampland, wetland |
| Main Entry: | river |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
| Synonyms: | branch, brook, course, creek, estuary, rill, rivulet, run, stream, tributary, watercourse, beck, runnel |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shoreline indentation |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, basin, bayou, bight, cove, estuary, gulf, harbor, inlet, lagoon, mouth, sound, strait, fiord, firth, loch, narrows |
| Main Entry: | mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, beak, box, cavity, clam, crevice, door, entrance, estuary, funnel, gate, harbor, inlet, mush*, orifice, portal, rim, trap*, yap*, chops, delta, embouchement, firth, fly trap, gills, gob, jaws, kisser, lips |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrow body of water |
| Synonyms: | branch, brook, channel, creek, estuary, fjord, inlet, rivulet, sound, strait, stream, subdivision, tributary, firth |
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