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FORESHORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreshore mean? 

FORESHORE (noun)
  The noun FORESHORE has 1 sense:

1. the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water markplay

  Familiarity information: FORESHORE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORESHORE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("foreshore" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Holonyms ("foreshore" is a part of...):

coast; sea-coast; seacoast; seashore (the shore of a sea or ocean)


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