seashore
English
Etymology
sea + shore
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sēʹshô, IPA(key): /ˈsiːʃɔː/
- (General American) enPR: sēʹshôr, IPA(key): /ˈsiːʃɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: sēʹshōr, IPA(key): /ˈsiːʃo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈsiːʃoə/
Noun
seashore (plural seashores)
- The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.
- The foreshore, the strip of land between low water and high water.
Synonyms
- (land bordering the sea): seacoast, sea marge
- (strip between high and low water marks): foreshore, intertidal zone, littoral
Hypernyms
- (land bordering the sea): shore, coast, strand
Translations
the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean
|
foreshore — see foreshore
Anagrams
- sea horse, seahorse