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shoreline

shore·line
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shawr-lahyn, shohr-]
    • /ˈʃɔrˌlaɪn, ˈʃoʊr-/
    • /ˈʃɔː.laɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shawr-lahyn, shohr-]
    • /ˈʃɔrˌlaɪn, ˈʃoʊr-/

Definitions of shoreline word

  • noun shoreline the line where shore and water meet. 1
  • noun shoreline water's edge 1
  • countable noun shoreline A shoreline is the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river. 0
  • noun shoreline the edge of a body of water 0

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Origin of shoreline

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; shore1 + line1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Shoreline

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

shoreline popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

shoreline usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for shoreline

noun shoreline

  • coastline — A country's coastline is the outline of its coast.
  • littoral — of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
  • beach — A beach is an area of sand or stones beside the sea.
  • coast — The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
  • waterside — the margin, bank, or shore of a river, lake, ocean, etc.

adjective shoreline

  • coastal — Coastal is used to refer to things that are in the sea or on the land near a coast.

Top questions with shoreline

  • how does a responsible boater protect the shoreline?
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