shore station
- noun
- Jargon
:
estación en tierra
- Each shore station played a crucial role in coordinating logistics for military operations along the coastline.
Examples
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Troops stationed at the shore station conducted drills to prepare for any naval emergencies.
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Some canneries were located at Ts'msyeen shore stations and village sites, which disrupted traditional patterns of harvesting.
Academic text (2007) -
With 100 years of storm data from shore stations, met-ocean researchers drove hindcast models that simulated the behavior of hurricanes at sea.
Academic text (2007) -
The naval fleet was supported by a network of shore stations providing essential supplies and communication.
Synonyms
19
3.7
A base or group of buildings where soldiers live and work
2
4.4
A place by the water where people build and fix ships
2
3.4
A place where the navy keeps, fixes, and supplies its ships
1
4.2
A place where the military builds and fixes ships
1
6.7
A place by the sea where navy ships and people stay and are looked after
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'shore' (land at the edge of water) combined with 'station' (a place or military posting) yields a station located on the shore that supports naval forces. This is a regular compound-noun pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended military/support sense.
Etymology
Shore station gives a simple picture: a station on the shore where sailors, supplies and tools stay while ships are at sea. Because this place on land sent supplies, repairs and help to ships, the phrase means 'a land base that supports ships'.