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noun

shoreline

noun
1
The line or boundary where land meets a body of water.
"Erosion has pushed the shoreline back several metres."
"The hotel sits right on the shoreline."

How to Use Shoreline

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe edge where land and water meet.

Word Forms

shorelines plural

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Erosion has pushed the _____ back several metres.

Etymology

From shore + line.

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