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foreshore
[ fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr ]
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.
foreshore
/ ˈɔːˌʃɔː /
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
foreshore
/ ô′ô′ /
- The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark.
- Compare backshore
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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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