shoreline

noun

shore·​line ˈshȯr-ˌlīn How to pronounce shoreline (audio)
1
: the line where a body of water and the shore meet
2
: the strip of land along the shoreline

Examples of shoreline in a Sentence

The road runs along the shoreline.
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The arm, one of a series of the woman’s body parts scattered around the region, was found May 11 on the city’s Lake Michigan shoreline. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025 Stroll the uncrowded shoreline and the adjacent park. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025 Behold the aqua tableau All beaches are public in Barbados, offering plenty of options for turquoise-water swims (provided there’s no invasion of sargassum, a seaweed that can clog shorelines in spring or summer). Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Porter was taken by a small fishing boat to his accommodation, a private cabin surrounded by 91 acres of forested land and rugged rocky shorelines, where he was left for a few days. Maryam Siddiqi, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for shoreline 

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of shoreline was in 1852

Dictionary Entries Near shoreline

shoreless

shoreline

Shoreline

Cite this Entry

“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoreline. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

shoreline

noun
shore·​line -ˌlīn How to pronounce shoreline (audio)
: the line where a body of water touches the shore

Geographical Definition

Shoreline

geographical name

Shore·​line ˈshȯr-ˌlīn How to pronounce Shoreline (audio)
city in west central Washington on Puget Sound north of Seattle population 53,007
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