shoreline

noun

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shore·line | \ ˈshȯr-ˌlīn

Definition of shoreline

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

2 : the strip of land along the shoreline

Shoreline

geographical name

Shore·line | \ ˈshȯr-ˌlīn

Definition of Shoreline (Entry 2 of 2)

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

Examples of shoreline in a Sentence

Noun The road runs along the shoreline.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun As the longest drive from D.C., Smith Mountain Lake near Roanoke boasts the most shoreline of the three lakes with more than 500 miles. — Washington Post, 3 June 2021 In addition, scientists warn that the apex predators patrol the shoreline for seals at all times of the day. — Julia Musto, Fox News, 3 June 2021 The recent nor’easter that pounded the Ohio shoreline and shut down the Lake Erie fishing — and the Walleye Festival in Port Clinton — has since been blunted by Port Clinton city crews, and the Ohio Department of Transportation. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 3 June 2021 There was less litter found on beaches and in parks, and beach closures in some areas left the shoreline to wildlife. — Brian Owens, The Atlantic, 30 May 2021 The tribe takes its name from its traditional word for what was once a high-protein food source, the pupae of tiny black alkaline flies that carpet the Mono Lake shoreline. — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2021 There was less litter found on beaches and in parks, and beach closures in some areas left the shoreline to wildlife. — Brian Owens, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021 The exercise in 2022 will focus on a simulated catastrophic earthquake caused by a rupture along a real 600-mile fault that runs from northern California up to British Columbia and is located about 70-100 miles off the Pacific coast shoreline. — Edward Segal, Forbes, 24 May 2021 It's located right by the shoreline, as well as Sugar Pine Point State Park. — Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2021

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