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inshore
[ in-shawr, -shohr ]
/ ˈɪnˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr /
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adjective
adverb
toward the shore: They went closer inshore.
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British Dictionary definitions for inshore
inshore
/ (ˈɪnˈʃɔː) /
adjective
in or on the water, but close to the shoreinshore weather
adverb, adjective
towards the shore from the wateran inshore wind; we swam inshore
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