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

Restaurants lean into the shoreline instead of competing with it. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Hundreds of thousands of people clustered along the Space Coast shoreline, on beaches and in parking lots, to view Saturn V’s ascent. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 July 2026

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, overseen by the British military, said the ship had been hugging Oman’s shoreline. — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

His body was found by a National Park Service agent face-down in the water off the shoreline Monday morning. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for shoreline

• alkaline
• andesine
• anodyne
• anticline
• arginine
• asinine
• benzidine
• borderline
• byzantine
• calamine
• caroline
• centerline

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