shoreline
noun/ˈʃɔːlaɪn/
/ˈʃɔːrlaɪn/
[usually singular]- the edge of the sea, the ocean or a lake
- a rocky shoreline
- The road follows the shoreline for a few miles.
- the Dublin shoreline
Oxford Collocations DictionaryShoreline is used before these nouns:- erosion
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