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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"It is not a beach as they keep saying, it's actually a foreshore and it's privately owned," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 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
Those that make it to Dungeness are greeted by a steep stone bank sloping to the foreshore.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2021
Because a large portion of the Thames is tidal, the foreshore is only accessible twice a day.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2020
The hot tendrils of magnesium drifted slowly down the dark and the pale foreshore tide started in the glare and slowly faded.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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