foreshore
foreshore
Definition
fore·shore (-s̸hôr′)
noun
- the part of a shore closest to the water
- the part of a shore between the high-water and low-water marks
foreshore
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- own: The foreshore owned by MOD has a total area of 19 thousand hectares within the UK.
- include: It is therefore possible for a Udal title to include the foreshore next to a property.
- erode: A possible burial marker was investigated in a section of eroding foreshore near Jonathan's Cave.
- explore: It was raining this morning, we all had a great time exploring the foreshore for invertebrates and fish tho.
Preposition: at
- tide: It is easy to find fossils from this clay just by looking along the foreshore at low tide.
Adjective modifier
- intertidal: Yield of fine sand from erosion of the Eocene cliffs has created a wide sandy intertidal foreshore.
- rocky: There are further steps giving direct access to the rocky foreshore beyond.
- sandy: Immediately behind the sandy foreshore there is commonly a narrow belt of dunes separating the coastal edge from the interior of the islands.
- muddy: A muddy foreshore is therefore exposed, with reeds growing in shallows.
- nearby: Visit the nearby rocky foreshore and discover it's amazing residents.
- low: In the background the rapidly expanding lower sandy foreshore can be seen.
Modifies a noun
- recharge: This has enabled a sensitivity allocation to be made to the various impacts that the foreshore recharge was assessed to have.
- erosion: Periods of beach foreshore erosion and steepening correlate closely - tho not exactly - with the inshore migration of East Looe Channel.
- today: What was the weather like on the Thames foreshore today?
- area: Local dumping of rubbish on upper foreshore areas could also affect it.
- deposit: The foreshore deposits are being constantly degraded by the daily ebb and flow of the tides.
- site: It was originally required to close the Dargan Road foreshore site by the year 2000.
Noun used with modifier
- shingle: The mud and shingle foreshore is of international nature conservation importance.
- beach: Phases of accretion of Denn beach foreshore are apparently related to phases of onshore bank migration ( Robinson, 1975 ).
Preposition: in
- front: The finishing line will be PMSC Beacon on foreshore in front of Club House in transit with Club flagpole.
Browse dictionary entries near foreshore
- foreshock
- foresheet
- foreshank
- foreshadow
- foreseen
- foreseeable
- foreseeability
- foresee
- foresail
- foresaid
- foreshorten
- foreshow
- foreside
- foresight
- foreskin
- forespeak
- forest
- forest fire
- forestage
- forestall
