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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the shore of a sea or ocean [syn: seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1526 1. a. land adjacent to the sea ; seacoast b. national seashore 2. all the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks ; foreshore

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 land close to or bordering on the sea. 2 Law the area between high and low water marks.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Seashore Sea"shore`, n. 1. The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean. 2. (Law) All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(seashores) The seashore is the part of a coast where the land slopes down into the sea. She takes her inspiration from shells and stones she finds on the seashore. N-COUNT: usu the N in sing

Moby Thesaurus

aquatic, balneal, bank, beach, berm, coast, coastland, coastline, deep-sea, embankment, estuarine, foreshore, grallatorial, ironbound coast, lido, littoral, natant, natatorial, natatory, plage, playa, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seaside, shingle, shore, shoreline, strand, submerged coast, swimming, tidal, tidewater, water-dwelling, water-growing, water-living, water-loving, waterfront, waterside