Foreshore

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The part of a shore between high water and low water.

    "The line was constructed at a cost of £8,000, and ascended from the foreshore, near the Spa, to the Esplanade in 284 ft. at a gradient of 1 in 1.75."

  2. 2
    the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark wordnet

Synonyms

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seashorebackshorebankbeachbermcoast

Example

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"The line was constructed at a cost of £8,000, and ascended from the foreshore, near the Spa, to the Esplanade in 284 ft. at a gradient of 1 in 1.75."

Etymology

From fore- + shore.

Related phrases

high waterlow water

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