shoreline
48
2.7
- noun
- /ˈʃɔrˌlaɪn/
:
orilla
- The family enjoyed a picnic on the sandy shoreline of the lake.
- shoreline erosion
- erode the shoreline
- shoreline protection
But a lighthouse parent is visible from the shoreline as a stable light or beacon.
- But a lighthouse parent is visible from the shoreline as a stable light or beacon.
- And so the, the, you know, that ancient shoreline is where a lot of our missions go.
- And and you're supposed to know the water and the shoreline if you are someone who travels these rivers.
- And we're from along the Missouri River on the the shoreline.
- The whole concept behind it was is you were basically too far out or you're too, too close to shoreline for a ship to get in to pick you up.
Examples
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Maggie looked down the stretch of shoreline to where the little dock pushed out into the water.
Fiction book (1997) -
Throughout the world, the sea sculpts the shorelines of our continents and influences the changing climate.
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If it's not there, you keep following the shoreline till I find you.
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"Silver people on the shoreline, let us be."
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Maybe he was afraid that the children at the shoreline would think he was a baby.
Fiction book (1993) -
People make their way to the shoreline to retrieve these new gifts from the sea.
Fiction book (1993) -
One possibility was that they could breakthrough this eastern wall and out onto the shoreline of the Thames beyond.
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Approximately 10 miles of the state's developed shoreline are stable, and 22 miles are accreting.
Academic text (1991) -
It was a misty night - right here on this very shoreline.
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The early morning sun has coated a wide section from shoreline to horizon, glittering white.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
506
1.0
The land beside the sea or ocean
441
1.0
Land at the edge of a sea or lake
60
1.4
The line where the land meets the sea
14
1.0
Land at the edge of the sea with sand or rocks
5
8.4
The land next to the sea
3
1.0
Land beside the sea or ocean
2
3.2
Land along the edge of a river or lake
1
1.1
Land next to the sea or ocean
1
9.3
The part of the shore of a sea or lake between high and low water
1
9.9
The area where land meets the sea or a lake
The line where land meets the sea
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Morphology
Etymology
The word shoreline is made of two simple parts: shore meaning 'edge', the land by the sea, and line meaning 'a long mark'. So shoreline is the 'line' where land and water meet.