noun
Meaning 1
The part of a shore between high water and low water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
foreshore
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noun
Meaning 2
the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: geological formation, formation
History
Etymology
From fore- + shore.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Baluchi: بدوک — The intertidal zone
- Faroese: fjøra — The intertidal zone
- French: estran — The intertidal zone
- Māori: tuaone — The intertidal zone
- Portuguese: zona entremarés — The intertidal zone
- Portuguese: região entremarés — The intertidal zone
- Portuguese: zona intertidal — The intertidal zone
- Romanian: avanplajă — The intertidal zone