seashore

[see-shawr, -shohr]

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noun

land along the sea or ocean.

Law. the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks.

Origin of seashore

First recorded in 1520–30; sea + shore¹

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Related Words for seashore

coast, shore, bank, strand, shingle, seaside, oceanfront, seaboard, waterfront, littoral, seafront

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Historical Examples of seashore

She came home from the seashore a week earlier so as not to miss it.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
Jessie Graham Flower
The hill men needed what the men on the seashore could supply.
Welsh Fairy Tales
William Elliott Griffis
The taste is pleasant, and the odor is distinctly that of the seashore.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise
M. E. Hard
I would suggest your going to some resort, either in the mountains or at the seashore.
Galusha the Magnificent
Joseph C. Lincoln
Now he shipped many boxes of these to other seashore and mountain resorts.
Shavings
Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for seashore

seashore

noun

land bordering on the sea

the land between the marks of high and low water

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Word Origin and History for seashore

also sea-shore, 1520s, from sea + shore (n.). Old English used særima "sea-rim," sæ-strande, etc.