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Shoreline

The divide between land and a body of water.

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noun

1
The divide between land and a body of water.
2
The line on a map that illustrates this.

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Word	Definition
seasidenoun	(chiefly UK) The area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs
foreshorenoun	The part of a shore between high water and low water.
coastnoun	The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
seashorenoun	The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.
coastlinenoun	The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)
nearshorenoun	(US, business) Non-US operations located near the US, for example in Mexico or the Caribbean.
lakeshorenoun	(sometimes attributive) The shore of a lake.
coastalnoun	(informal) Coastal Carolina University.
beachnoun	The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
seaboardnoun	The area bordering the sea; a coastline; a sealine.
shorenoun	Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
waterfrontnoun	The land alongside a body of water.
seacoastnoun	The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.
inshore	Near the shore.
littoralnoun	The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.
rivagenoun	(now rare, poetic) A coast, a shore.
marinenoun	(military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.
riversidenoun	A bank or side of a river.
riverine	Of or pertaining to rivers, or located on or by a river; inhabiting a river or its surrounds.
riverbanknoun	A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.