seashore

American  

[see-shawr, -shohr] / ˈsiˌʃɔr, -ˌʃoʊr /

noun

• seashores
  plural

1. land along the sea or ocean.

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

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seashore British  

/ ˈsiːˌʃɔː /

noun

1. land bordering on the sea

2. the land between the marks of high and low water

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• seashores
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of seashore

First recorded in 1520–30; sea + shore ¹

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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.

Example Sentences

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It’s somewhat of an idyllic place where the seashore is lined with wooden houses; sheep graze along the grassy cliffsides and residents wander around the shops in bathrobes and clogs, right after their morning swims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 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

I walk along the breakwater in the soothing Vancouver drizzle, the halftones of the seashore, the stroking of the small waves.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

Our best guess at how much is trapped within roughly 150 kilometers of seashores worldwide is about one million cubic kilometers.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2023

Debris from the flood littered faraway seashores; residents of Odesa, more than 70 miles from the mouth of the Dnipro, reported seeing roofs of houses and dead animals floating nearby.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

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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