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inshore

in·shore
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-shawr, -shohr]
    • /ˈɪnˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr/
    • /ˈɪn.ʃɔːr/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-shawr, -shohr]
    • /ˈɪnˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr/

Definitions of inshore word

  • adjective inshore close or closer to the shore. 1
  • adjective inshore lying near the shore; operating or carried on close to the shore: inshore fishing. 1
  • adverb inshore toward the shore: They went closer inshore. 1
  • noun inshore At sea but close to the shore. 1
  • adjective inshore situated close to the shore 1
  • adverb inshore towards the shore 1
See all 12 definitions of inshore

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Origin of inshore

First appearance:

before 1695
One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1695-1705; in-1 + shore1

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Parts of speech for Inshore

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Inshore

inshore popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for inshore

adj inshore

  • ashore — Someone or something that comes ashore comes from the sea onto the shore.
  • aground — If a ship runs aground, it touches the ground in a shallow part of a river, lake, or the sea, and gets stuck.
  • inland — pertaining to or situated in the interior part of a country or region: inland cities.

adjective inshore

  • coastal — Coastal is used to refer to things that are in the sea or on the land near a coast.
  • shallow — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.

adverb inshore

  • landward — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
  • coastward — towards the coast
All 7 Synonyms of inshore

Top questions with inshore

  • what is inshore fishing?

Related words

  • lemon shark

    a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.

  • leopard shark

    a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.

  • whitetip shark

    Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
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