foreshore

[ fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr ]

/ ˈfɔrˌʃɔr, ˈfoʊrˌʃoʊr /

noun

the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.

the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark.

Origin of foreshore

First recorded in 1755–65; fore- + shore¹

Words nearby foreshore

foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshank, foresheet, foreshock, foreshore, foreshorten, foreshots, foreshow, foreside, foresight

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Example sentences from the Web for foreshore

A rapier and a dagger found on the Thames foreshore show us that swordfights routinely broke out on the streets of London.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Sept. 30, 2013|Thomas Flynn, Jimmy So|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So that, in order to make the right available, there must be a highway or other public land giving access to the foreshore.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various
It was occupied by a mountainous dump of the accumulated "dirt" from the foreshore.
The Triumph of John Kars|Ridgwell Cullum
I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
From Chart House to Bush Hut|Charles W. L. Bryde

The foreshore of the village is rugged with boulders richly tinctured with iron oxide, and often having a scoriaceous surface.
The Sea and the Jungle|H. M. Tomlinson
He took her by the hand and led her across the foreshore, back to the sandhills.
The Rainbow|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for foreshore

foreshore

/ (ˈfɔːˌʃɔː) /

noun

the part of the shore that lies between the limits for high and low tides

the part of the shore that lies just above the high-water mark

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Scientific definitions for foreshore

foreshore

[ fôr′shôr′ ]

The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark. Compare backshore.

单词	foreshore
释义	foreshore [ fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr ] / ˈfɔrˌʃɔr, ˈfoʊrˌʃoʊr / noun the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water. the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark. Origin of foreshore First recorded in 1755–65; fore- + shore¹ Words nearby foreshore foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshank, foresheet, foreshock, foreshore, foreshorten, foreshots, foreshow, foreside, foresight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foreshore A rapier and a dagger found on the Thames foreshore show us that swordfights routinely broke out on the streets of London. This Week’s Hot Reads: Sept. 30, 2013\|Thomas Flynn, Jimmy So\|September 30, 2013\|DAILY BEAST So that, in order to make the right available, there must be a highway or other public land giving access to the foreshore. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6\|Various It was occupied by a mountainous dump of the accumulated "dirt" from the foreshore. The Triumph of John Kars\|Ridgwell Cullum I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore. From Chart House to Bush Hut\|Charles W. L. Bryde The foreshore of the village is rugged with boulders richly tinctured with iron oxide, and often having a scoriaceous surface. The Sea and the Jungle\|H. M. Tomlinson He took her by the hand and led her across the foreshore, back to the sandhills. The Rainbow\|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence British Dictionary definitions for foreshore foreshore / (ˈfɔːˌʃɔː) / noun the part of the shore that lies between the limits for high and low tides the part of the shore that lies just above the high-water mark Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for foreshore foreshore [ fôr′shôr′ ] The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark. Compare backshore. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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