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Definition of shoreline noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shoreline

noun

/ˈʃɔːlaɪn/

/ˈʃɔːrlaɪn/

[usually singular]

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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
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- beach
- coast
- harbour
- pier
- sandbank
- sea
- shoreline
- surf
- tide
- wave
Topics Transport by waterc1, Geographyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Shoreline is used before these nouns:
erosion
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