seashore
Americannoun
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seashores
plural
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land along the sea or ocean.
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Law. the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks.
noun
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land bordering on the sea
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the land between the marks of high and low water
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of seashore
Explanation
The seashore is the land that borders an ocean or sea. She sells seashells on the seashore because that’s where the shells are, on the beach. Now say the whole thing three times fast. You can call the seashore the coast, the beach, or even just the shore. It's the area right next to the sea, and it can be rocky and dramatic or soft and sandy. Sometimes scientists use this word to mean the specific area that's covered with water at high tide but uncovered at low tide. This area is also known as the intertidal zone.
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On one side: beef ranchers and dairy operators who advocate sustainable and organic food and land practices; they note the seashore was established, in part, to preserve their way of life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
"One of the boats with the military personnel reached the seashore and tied a long rope to a tree. That rope was then brought to the boats," Mr Noor said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
SNH has collected specimens of stranded whales in the seashore and river mouth in Hokkaido.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
Mr. Dichter suggested that Gazans could be moved to an area to the west of Rafah along the seashore.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
It's the main drag, happily crowded with cars and horse-drawn buggies for tourists who want to ride in moonlight by the seashore.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Alder and ash pollen indicated vegetation associated with riverbanks and seashores, which occur along the coast and in the nearby hinterland.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Meanwhile, humans keep rebuilding beachfront houses on the same disaster-prone seashores year after year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The outer islands are steadily depopulating, as the appeal of making a life through tuna fishing and coconut farming along their crushed-coral seashores shrinks.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
Today lichens cover an estimated 7 percent of the earth’s surface and can be found almost everywhere, from arid deserts to rocky seashores.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 15, 2022
There were two or three stampeding stallions, manes flaring, next to stormy seashores in her bedroom.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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