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   shore

   /ʃɔː/

   noun

   • 1. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water: "I took the tiller and made for the shore"
   • ▪ the land between ordinary high- and low-water marks.
   • ▪ a country or other geographic area bounded by a coast: "record companies have been anxious to import the music to American shores"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōre; perhaps related to the verb shear.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shoreless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What does shore mean in a sentence?

   • A shore is land that touches or runs along a body of water, such as the ocean. Shore definition: the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.. See examples of SHORE used in a sentence.

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   What is a shore in geography?

   • A shore or shoreline is the land at the edge of a large body of water, such as an ocean or river. Where the water is a sea, the shore is also called a "coast". Shores are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape, as well as by erosion caused by water, such as waves.

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   What is a shore noun?

   • Definition of shore noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [countable, uncountable] the land along the edge of the sea, the ocean or a lake on the shore Rubbish of all sorts is washed up on the shore. off shore The ship was anchored off shore. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   What is the difference between a shore and a coast?

   • Shore is a more general word for the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river. He swam towards the shore. The coast is the border between the land and the sea, or the part of a country that is next to the sea. We stayed in a small village on the west coast of Scotland. There are industrial cities along the coast.

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   Learn the meaning of shore as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Shore can refer to the land along a body of water, a prop for supporting something, or to give support to something.

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   Shore is the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or wide river. Learn how to use shore in sentences, see synonyms and collocations, and compare with related words like onshore and offshore.

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   The land right at the edge of a lake, river, or ocean is called the shore. Even the bravest swimmers will head for the shore when they hear someone yell "Shark!"

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   The path ran along the southern shore of the lake. The route goes around the shore of Derwent Water. The sea appears calm near the shore. There are a lot of rocks on that shore. We sailed until midnight, hugging the shore. on the golden shores of beautiful Bali; the sound of waves lapping the shore; just a few miles from shore