seashore
Americannoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of seashore
Example Sentences
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"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
“The national seashore, from an ecological standpoint, was a train wreck,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
SNH has collected specimens of stranded whales in the seashore and river mouth in Hokkaido.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
The wind carries the lethargic turtles to the shorelines, which are monitored in cold weather by volunteers and seashore biologists.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024
The compass was still gyrating loosely, but the altimeter was functioning accurately, as far as he could judge, and showed them to be floating about a thousand feet above the seashore and parallel with it.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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