how to pronounce estuary

/ˈɛs.tʃu.ə.ɹi/

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estuary is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of estuary in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… bordering the Thames Estuary there's …”

meanings of estuary

noun:

An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
Coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

name:

Estuary English.

estuary frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word estuary occurs in english on average 5.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics estuary can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that estuary can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;