debouchure
English
Alternative forms
- débouchure
Etymology
French
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈbuːʃə/, /dɪˈbuːʃɪə/
Noun
debouchure (plural debouchures)
- The outward opening of a river, valley, or strait.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for debouchure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)