shore1

 
Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/

noun

  • the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water: I made for the shore
  • Law the land between ordinary high- and low-water marks.
  • (usually shores) a country or other geographic area bounded by a coast: record companies have been anxious to import the music to American shores

Phrases

in shore

on the water near land or nearer to land.

on shore

ashore; on land: are any of the crew left on shore?

Derivatives

shoreless

adjective

shoreward

adjective & adverb

shorewards

adverb

Origin:

Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōre; perhaps related to the verb shear