shoreline
pronunciation
How to pronounce shoreline in British English:
UK [ˈʃɔ:laɪn]
How to pronounce shoreline in American English:
US [ˈʃɔrlaɪn]
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- Noun:
- a boundary line between land and water
Word Origin
- shoreline (n.)
- also shore-line, 1852 in the geographical sense, from shore (n.) + line (n.).
Example
- 1. But most of this oil is close to the shoreline .
- 2. My current research is also investigating how tsunami forces change with distance from the shoreline .
- 3. And we can use science to design a safer shoreline and minimize storm surge damage .
- 4. Few of these respondents would be willing to hand over their pensions for a more efficient cleanup of the alaskan shoreline .
- 5. According to conoco , personnel covered 87000 kilometers of shoreline by car and another 5600 kilometers on foot .