seashore

[ see-shawr, -shohr ]

noun

1. land along the sea or ocean.
2. Law. the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks.

seashore

/ ˈsiːˌʃɔː /

noun

1. land bordering on the sea
2. the land between the marks of high and low water

Word History and Origins

Origin of seashore¹

First recorded in 1520–30; sea + shore ¹

Example Sentences

Her music increasingly sounds like dancing wildly by yourself on the seashore as a hurricane bears down upon everything.

From Vox

When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore.

From Project Gutenberg

A similar circumstance has occurred on the seashore at Hoy Lake, Cheshire, where several "fairy pipes" have been found.

From Project Gutenberg

They marry, but while walking by the seashore, the sea-maiden rises from the waves and carries off the hero as her property.

From Project Gutenberg

The hero hears sounds of wailing, and finds the maiden, the daughter of the King of the Isles, exposed upon the seashore.

From Project Gutenberg

A distant church clock tolled the hour of midnight as he gained the seashore.

From Project Gutenberg