shoreline

[ shawr-lahyn, shohr- ]

/ ˈʃɔrˌlaɪn, ˈʃoʊr- /

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noun

the line where shore and water meet.

Nearby words

shore up, shore, jane, shorebird, shorefront, shoreless, shoreline, shoreside, shoreview, shoreward, shoreweed, shorewood

Origin of shoreline

First recorded in 1850–55; shore¹ + line¹

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Examples from the Web for shoreline

Investigators have been combing an Oakland shoreline park trying to find the weapon in the murky shallow water.
What Made One Goh, the Oikos University Shooter, Snap?|Dara Kerr|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On Tuesday, he surveyed the shoreline in Pensacola Beach with President Obama.
The Oil Spill Saved Crist|Samuel P. Jacobs|June 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Walton County, located on the Florida panhandle, has already started spraying hay into the water if it arrives at the shoreline.
11 Extreme Oil Spill Solutions|The Daily Beast|May 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
These shoreline territories were plotted on field maps and appear on the map in plate 1, figure b.
Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima|Glen E. Woolfenden

There's Hosken's blue boat; you'll find her moored off by a shoreline.
The Mayor of Troy|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He walked over to the rail, where the two stood, looking out over the shoreline.
The Players|Everett B. Cole
A sea and a shoreline, where a peninsula projected like a giant boot—and he knew it for Italy and the waters of the Mediterranean.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various
The break between the Andean Cordillera and the hill-dotted plains of the lower Urubamba valley is almost as sharp as a shoreline.
The Andes of Southern Peru|Isaiah Bowman

British Dictionary definitions for shoreline

shoreline

/ (ˈʃɔːˌlaɪn) /

noun

the edge of a body of water

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