onshore en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑnʃoɹ/ (Northern-US, cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈɔnʃoɹ/ Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore
- /ˈɒnʃɔː/ (Eastern-New-England, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɔnʃoː/ (Australia)
- [ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ] (Canada)
- ŏn Southern US, Midland US, Philadelphia, Baltimore
- (US) audio
Etymology
From on + shore.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Moving from the sea towards the land.
an onshore breeze
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(not-comparable) Positioned on or near the shore.
The second time La Suprema came into harbor, at the Port of Augusta, in the east of Sicily, I watched the police onshore grow impatient with a teenager who was scheduled to disembark.
2021 May 6, Ian Urbina, “Purgatory at Sea”, in The Atlantic:Princeton University's Center for Environmental Studies recommended today that New Jersey minimize adverse impacts of offshore drilling by limiting to the Atlantic City area any onshore bases built to support and supply oil rigs in the ocean.
1977 August 23, Donald Janson, “Study Urges Jersey to Limit Onshore Oil Facilities”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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(not-comparable) Within the country; not overseas.
By this measure, it was only the second largest onshore leak in the US last year, surpassed by one near San Antonio, Texas in March which discharged 147 tonnes of methane an hour.
2023 March 6, Nina Lakhani, “‘We don’t feel safe’: US community in shock after record methane leak”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| on-shore | alternative | lexicographic |