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foreshore

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fore·shore  (fôrshôr, frshr)
n.
1. The area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark.
2. The part of a shore between the water and occupied or cultivated land.
foreshore
Noun
the part of the shore between high- and low-tide marks
foreshore  (fôrshôr)
The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark. Compare backshore.
That portion of a beach extending from the low water (datum) shoreline to the limit of normal high water wave wash.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.foreshore - the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth
coast, sea-coast, seacoast, seashore - the shore of a sea or ocean
Translations
foreshore [ˈfɔːʃɔːʳ] n → playa
foreshore [ˈfɔːʃɔːʳ] n → Strand m


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The lightless walls seem to spring from the very mud upon which the stranded barges lie; and the narrow lanes coming down to the foreshore resemble the paths of smashed bushes and crumbled earth where big game comes to drink on the banks of tropical streams.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
It was built originally for a coastguard station and meant to hold a lifeboat, but they found they could never launch the lifeboat when they had it, so the man to whom all the foreshore and most of the land around here belongs - a Mr.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Poole Harbour was dry, which led her to praise the absence of muddy foreshore at Friedrich Wilhelms Bad, Rugen, where beech-trees hang over the tideless Baltic, and cows may contemplate the brine.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
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