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

Only after the worst mass extinction of all time, as Earth’s ecosystems struggled to recover from intense global warming spurred by volcanoes, did reptiles began to live by the shoreline and become ever more at home in the water. —Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025

However, rising water levels are expected to carry debris that was once on the shoreline out into open waters. —Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025

Naperville Riverwalk shoreline stabilization project resumes Naperville Park District’s efforts to stablize the eroding Riverwalk shoreline along the area between Jefferson Avenue and the Jaycees playground have resumed. —Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025

It’s located in the Kempinski, a luxury development on an untouched stretch of Grace Bay’s eastern shoreline. —Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

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