seashore

noun

sea·​shore ˈsē-ˌshȯr How to pronounce seashore (audio)
1
a
: land adjacent to the sea : seacoast
2
: all the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks : foreshore

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Malibu beachfront properties are now just a scorched seashore. Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025 Most ranchers at the beloved seashore have agreed to take money from the Nature Conservancy to cease operations, as John Beck reports for the Press Democrat. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 His pictures of graveyards, seashores, shipwrecks, and mountain vistas force us to ponder our place in the universe. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025 Out of the 85 miles, half of it is a protected seashore. Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for seashore 

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First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of seashore was in 1526

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seashore

noun
sea·​shore -ˌshō(ə)r How to pronounce seashore (audio)
-ˌshȯ(ə)r
: the shore of a sea : seacoast

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