seashore

noun

Definition of seashorenext
as in seaside

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Recent Examples of seashore Visitors to this out-of-the-way seashore should plan on packing a cooler and bringing along their own entertainment. — Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 19 May 2026 The retro seashore exterior meets to play with its younger crowd, who are typically drawn to the hotel bar and rooftop scene. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2026 One day after taking Mateo to his beloved seashore, the child just vanishes sending Jeanne into a panic. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 May 2026 Despite this drop in visitors, 26 of the 433 sites in the NPS system—which includes national parks, monuments, historic sites, battlefields, recreation areas, preserves, and seashores—broke all-time records for visitation. — Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seashore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seashore
  1. seaside
  2. beach
  3. seacoast
  4. seaboard
  5. coast
  6. shoreline
  7. beachfront
  8. coastline
Noun
  • The sidebar will open with Netflix’s Below, from creator Jesse McKeown, a six-part supernatural thriller that centers on a seaside town Newfoundland besieged by a sea creature and stars Mackenzie Davis, Charlie Heaton and Josh Hartnett.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • Six spherical pieces of space junk were found in the small seaside community of Forrest Beach, near Ingham.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of seaside
Noun
  • Joy of living, the joy of playing on the beach, the joy of going to prom.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Pick up a s’mores kit from reception, claim one of the firepits, and watch your fellow Cape-goers drift back from the beach with sandy feet and tired kids.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2026
Definition of beach
Noun
  • Step in and you’re transported to the seacoast of Italy by the cheerful Italian soundtrack, the mesmerizing murals and the vibrant yet relaxing setting.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
  • There have been multiple sightings of a black bear in some unusual locations on the seacoast of New Hampshire and in southern Maine.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Definition of seacoast
Noun
  • Cadillac Mountain At 1,530 feet, Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the United States and one of Acadia’s most iconic destinations.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
  • In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands.
    — jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
Definition of seaboard
Noun
  • Multiple people were injured Thursday after a Kenmore Air floatplane made an emergency landing off the Washington coast before catching fire, prompting a massive rescue operation, authorities said.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2026
  • It was forecast to gradually strengthen and the hurricane center said that ocean swells generated by Fausto were spreading along the Baja California coast and likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip tides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of coast
Noun
  • His body was found two days later, on July 6, facedown in the water off the shoreline of Horn Island by a National Park Service agent.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The approximately 18-acre property includes a patio, meadows, and shoreline.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 20 July 2026
Definition of shoreline
Noun
  • Work, Retire and Thrive Overseas Dreaming of working from a beachfront in Greece or a hip neighborhood in Lisbon?
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The billionaire founder of WeatherTech is amassing an impressive estate in an exclusive beachfront town in Palm Beach County.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of beachfront
Noun
  • And Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has struck ships sailing close to the Omani coastline.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • The ships were directed to take a route along the southern side of the Strait of Hormuz, hugging Oman's coastline, rather than a route along Iran's coastline on the northern side of the strait.
    — Jackie Northam, NPR, 17 July 2026
Definition of coastline

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