foreshore
Americannoun
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the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
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the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark.
noun
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the part of the shore that lies between the limits for high and low tides
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the part of the shore that lies just above the high-water mark
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The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark.
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Compare backshore
Etymology
Origin of foreshore
Example Sentences
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Emma Prempeh, 29, was seeking inspiration as she walked along the Hessle foreshore in May, when she came across a man with a zimmer frame who looked "really serene".
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
Work to clean up the pollution began in the 1980s, after particles were found washed up on the nearby foreshore.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
A Tongan official said the machinery would be used on most of Tonga's development projects, including roads and foreshore construction.
From Reuters • Feb. 11, 2022
We were the lone people on the misty foreshore for an hour or so, the Thames running alongside us, a thick, gossipy, Eeyore of a friend.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2020
There was a narrow foreshore at the foot of the little cliff and this was littered with the rubbish of the colony—sticks, droppings, feathers, a broken egg and a dead nestling or two.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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