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FORESHORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foreshore mean?
• FORESHORE (noun)
The noun FORESHORE has 1 sense:
1. the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
Familiarity information: FORESHORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("foreshore" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Holonyms ("foreshore" is a part of...):
coast; sea-coast; seacoast; seashore (the shore of a sea or ocean)
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