seaward

Examples

• All

• The air was musty; he opened the seaward window.

  Fiction book (1991)

• During coastal surveys, two observers searched the shoreward side of the aircraft, and one searched the seaward side.

  Academic text (1997)

• Repeat this procedure at the seaward (lower) side of the pool and at each side of the pool.

  Academic text (1995)

• The rocks on the seaward side are covered in white with gull dropping.

  The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)

• No new flood insurance would be provided for any structure seaward of the 30-year setback line.

  Academic text (1991)

• The operation at Pisa 2 placed gravel seaward of a seawall (Figure 5).

  Academic text (2008)

• At northern temperate latitudes, these fluxes are composed mainly of young fish emigrating seaward.

  Academic text (2009)

• The public beach is defined as the area of sand seaward of the natural vegetation line.

• The rocks on the seaward side are covered in white with gull droppings.

• The cobbled beach ended at the seaward point of the island in ridges of wave-polished granite.

Synonyms

S

seawards

vsseaward

4.2

Toward the sea

is about movement toward the sea specifically from land

C

coastward

vsseaward

4.6

Moving toward the shore

focuses on movement toward the open sea rather than the shoreline

A

asea

vsseaward

• Archaic

9.9

Toward or out on the sea

describes movement toward the sea from land, not location at sea

Antonyms

I

inland

49 2.7

Toward the middle of a country away from the coast

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology