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shoreline en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From shore + line.

Meanings

1. The divide between land and a body of water.
   • An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent weeks, officials say, forcing shoreline cleanups, spreading unpleasant odor and spurring scientists to further investigate the extent of the ecological damage. 2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN:
   • Owners of homes on eroding beaches are encouraged to move back from the shoreline. 1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 512:
2. The line on a map that illustrates this.

Forms

Deriveds

shorelined · palaeoshoreline

Translations (30)

es orilla (the divide between land and water) · tr kıyı şeridi (the divide between land and water) · cmn 海岸線 /海岸线 (line on a map) · fi rantaviiva (the divide between land and water) · nan-hbl 海岸線 /海岸线 (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou (line on a map) · bg брегова ивица (the divide between land and water) · fi rantaviiva (line on a map) · cmn 岸線 /岸线 (the divide between land and water) · mi tahatika (the divide between land and water) · ja 汀線 (the divide between land and water) · pt linha de costa (line on a map) · fr rivage (the divide between land and water) · nn strandlinje (the divide between land and water) · cmn 岸線 /岸线 (line on a map) · pt cordão litoral (the divide between land and water) · cy ymyl traeth (the divide between land and water) · nan-hbl 海岸線 /海岸线 (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou (the divide between land and water) · ja 海岸線 (the divide between land and water) · yue 海岸線 /海岸线 (the divide between land and water) · pdt Wotakaunt (nds) (the divide between land and water) · it battima (the divide between land and water) · yue 海岸線 /海岸线 (line on a map) · nn strandline (the divide between land and water) · pt faixa costeira (the divide between land and water) · nb strandlinje (the divide between land and water) · pt litoral (the divide between land and water) · lut ʔilgʷiɬ (the divide between land and water) · el ακτή (the divide between land and water) · pt linha de margem (line on a map) · cmn 海岸線 /海岸线 (the divide between land and water)