shoreline

noun

shore·​line ˈshȯr-ˌlīn 

1

: the line where a body of water and the shore meet

2

: the strip of land along the shoreline

Examples of shoreline in a Sentence

The road runs along the shoreline.

Recent Examples on the Web

Small craft advisories are in place across the Upper Peninsula's entire shoreline for wind gusts up to 35 knots (40 mph). —Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025

River shorelines and sandbars pose unseen dangers. —Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025

With no high-rise buildings along the beachfront, and a wide, flat expanse of shoreline, there is plenty of room to spread out. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025

The extended alert comes a day after National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists in Grand Rapids, Michigan, issued a beach hazards statement for roughly 600,000 people along 120 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for shoreline

• acridine
• alkaline
• andesine
• anodyne
• anticline
• arginine
• asinine
• atropine
• benzidine
• borderline
• byzantine
• calamine

Kids Definition

shoreline

noun

shore·​line -ˌlīn 

: the line where a body of water touches the shore

Geographical Definition

Shoreline

geographical name

Shore·​line ˈshȯr-ˌlīn 

city in west central Washington on Puget Sound north of Seattle population 53,007