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 arm, one of a series of the woman’s body parts scattered around the region, was found May 11 on the city’s Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Stroll the uncrowded shoreline and the adjacent park.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Behold the aqua tableau All beaches are public in Barbados, offering plenty of options for turquoise-water swims (provided there’s no invasion of sargassum, a seaweed that can clog shorelines in spring or summer).
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Porter was taken by a small fishing boat to his accommodation, a private cabin surrounded by 91 acres of forested land and rugged rocky shorelines, where he was left for a few days.
—Maryam Siddiqi, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Stroll the uncrowded shoreline and the adjacent park.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Behold the aqua tableau All beaches are public in Barbados, offering plenty of options for turquoise-water swims (provided there’s no invasion of sargassum, a seaweed that can clog shorelines in spring or summer).
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Porter was taken by a small fishing boat to his accommodation, a private cabin surrounded by 91 acres of forested land and rugged rocky shorelines, where he was left for a few days.
—Maryam Siddiqi, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoreline. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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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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