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foreshore

[ fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr ]

noun

  1. the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
  2. the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark.


foreshore

/ ˈɔːˌʃɔː /

noun

  1. the part of the shore that lies between the limits for high and low tides
  2. 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

foreshore

/ ôô′ /

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

Origin of foreshore1

First recorded in 1755–65; fore- + shore 1
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An iPad, found under an inch of sand on the foreshore of the River Thames.

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The finale of the novel is set in ruined brickworks on the Humber foreshore – a location transplanted to Hartlepool in the film.

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A Tongan official said the machinery would be used on most of Tonga's development projects, including roads and foreshore construction.

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Those that make it to Dungeness are greeted by a steep stone bank sloping to the foreshore.

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At least six different species' prints were found in the cliffs and the foreshore of Folkestone, Kent, after stormy conditions exposed new fossils.

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