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.
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The helicopter was operated by Airborne Aviation, which does sightseeing tours of Kauai's canyons, shoreline and waterfalls.
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Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
When it was launched in 2018, the CTRail service had a goal of attracting more people to stations along what had been a low-frequency feeder line for Metro-North’s main shoreline route as well as Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor service.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
The album’s title is also a youthful Easter egg, a reference to the road from the singer’s native Liverpool to the Speke shoreline in the region that McCartney grew up in.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
Iran has also been laying traps including anti-personnel and anti-armor mines around the island, the sources said, including on the shoreline.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
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Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
When it was launched in 2018, the CTRail service had a goal of attracting more people to stations along what had been a low-frequency feeder line for Metro-North’s main shoreline route as well as Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor service.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
The album’s title is also a youthful Easter egg, a reference to the road from the singer’s native Liverpool to the Speke shoreline in the region that McCartney grew up in.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
Iran has also been laying traps including anti-personnel and anti-armor mines around the island, the sources said, including on the shoreline.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoreline. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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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
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