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onshore definition

on·shore (än′s̸hôr′)

adjective

  1. moving onto or toward the shore an onshore breeze
  2. situated or operating on land an onshore patrol

adverb

toward the shore; landward

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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