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Spell Bee Word: Estuary


What does estuary mean?

Word: Estuary

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Estuary means the wide part of a river where it flows into the sea, and where fresh river water mixes with salty sea water.

Synonyms: river mouth

How do you spell estuary?

Syllables: es - tu - a - ry

Tricky part: Pupils often drop the a that follows the u, or swap those two vowels round.

Watch out for: estuery, estury, estuarey

Memory tip: At an estuary the river meets the sea, and in the middle of the word the u meets the a.

Estuary in a sentence

Example 1: Fishing boats wait in the estuary until the tide comes in.

Example 2: Mangroves grow well in the muddy, salty water of an estuary.

Example 3: We watched flamingos feeding in the estuary near the town.

Fun Fact

The Sundarbans, one of the largest mangrove forests on Earth, grows in the vast estuary where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna reach the Bay of Bengal.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rautyse

a) January
b) estuary
c) aviary
d) sanctuary

Show answer

b) estuary. Sanctuary is too long, January needs a j and an n, and aviary a v and an i; these seven letters spell only estuary.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

estuarry

a) y
b) u
c) a
d) r

Show answer

d) r. There is one r near the end, just before the y.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) archipeligo
b) penninsula
c) estuary
d) platoe

Show answer

c) estuary. Peninsula has one n in the middle, archipelago has an a before the g, and plateau ends in eau.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which place is an estuary?

a) a lake in the mountains
b) the source of the Nile
c) a well in a village
d) the mouth of the Thames

Show answer

d) the mouth of the Thames

2. Why have many ports grown up beside estuaries?

a) the land there is rocky and high
b) ships can reach both river and sea
c) the water there is always calm
d) the area never floods

Show answer

b) ships can reach both river and sea

Associated Words

Words that end in -ary: preliminary, sedimentary, monetary, arbitrary, vocabulary, unitary

More words from this list

hesitate, memento, popular, squawk, viscosity, amiable, ceremonious, custodian

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