shorelinenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈʃɔː.laɪn/us/ˈʃɔːr.laɪn/the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river:
Oil from the wrecked tanker polluted more than 40 miles of the Normandy shoreline.
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Coasts & beaches
- beached
- beachfront
- coast
- flat
- hinterland
- lido
- mudflat
- offshore
- onshore
- reef
- riviera
- rock pool
- sabkha
- sand
- seafront
- shallow
- the seashore
- the waterside
- tide pool
- waterfront
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