Firth
[fərTH]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Old Norse, 15th century
1.
A narrow inlet of the sea; an estuary.
Examples of Firth in a sentence
"At the mouth of the Clyde river outside Glasgow, there’s a firth with the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles."
"A firth can provide a natural demarcation point, such as the Solway Firth, which is used to divide England from Scotland."
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