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

Elsewhere along the beach, Grey walked along the shoreline as waves broke at her feet. —Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026

In the second—and maddest—section of the poem, the narrator, having fled in panic to France, roams the Breton shoreline. —James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026

Finally, Alternative 3 is a complete renovation of the Canal District shoreline, removing about 550 existing homes and raising the land high enough to safely redevelop on top of it. —John Ramos, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026

Over centuries, silt gradually pushed the shoreline further away, contributing to Ephesus’ abandonment by the time of the Ottoman era in the 15th century. —Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026

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