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

Wander the windswept shoreline as waves break at your feet and Brandt’s cormorants wheel through the air. —Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Most of Michigan is under winter weather and cold weather advisories for wind chills as low as minus 27 and up to 8 inches of accumulating snow, mainly along Lake Michigan's shoreline. —Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Bird Creek Campground, Chugach State Park, Alaska The giant (like 495,000 acres giant) Chugach State Park has a little bit of everything, from oceanfront shoreline to glaciers and icefields. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2026

Advocates say ‘not enough’ Soholt said the compliance rate is less when no official is waiting at the shoreline to inspect a boat. —Joshua Haiar, States Newsroom, 21 Jan. 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