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firth - 9 thesaurus results
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: estuary
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mouth
Synonyms: arm, creek, fjord, inlet, firth, tidewater, waterway
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: 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: gulf
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sea inlet
Synonyms: basin, bay, bayou, bight, cove, harbor, sound, whirlpool, firth, slough
Main Entry: harbor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place for storing boats in the water
Synonyms: anchorage, arm, bay, bight, breakwater, chuck, cove, dock, embankment, gulf, haven, inlet, jetty, landing, mooring, pier, port, road, wharf, firth, roadstead
Notes: harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities
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
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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