shoreline

shoreline
   The intersection of a specified plane of water with the beach; it migrates with changes of the tide or of the water level.
   Compare: shore complex, beach, swash zone.
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  • Shoreline — Lage in County und Bundesstaat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Shoreline — Shoreline, WA U.S. city in Washington Population (2000): 53025 Housing Units (2000): 21338 Land area (2000): 11.664007 sq. miles (30.209639 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.022834 sq. miles (0.059139 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.686841 sq. miles (30 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Shoreline, WA — U.S. city in Washington Population (2000): 53025 Housing Units (2000): 21338 Land area (2000): 11.664007 sq. miles (30.209639 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.022834 sq. miles (0.059139 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.686841 sq. miles (30.268778 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • shoreline — 1852 in the geographical sense, from SHORE (Cf. shore) (n.) + LINE (Cf. line) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • shoreline — ► NOUN ▪ the line along which a large body of water meets the land …   English terms dictionary

  • shoreline — [shôrlīn΄] n. the edge of a body of water …   English World dictionary

  • Shoreline — 47° 45′ 23″ N 122° 20′ 23″ W / 47.756389, 122.339722 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • shoreline — shore|line [ˈʃo:laın US ˈʃo:r ] n [U and C] the land along the edge of a large area of water such as an ocean or lake ▪ A group of men stood silently on the shoreline. ▪ the bay s 13000 km of shoreline …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shoreline — UK [ˈʃɔː(r)ˌlaɪn] / US [ˈʃɔrˌlaɪn] noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms shoreline : singular shoreline plural shorelines the edge of a sea, lake, or large river …   English dictionary

  • shoreline — noun Date: 1852 1. the line where a body of water and the shore meet 2. the strip of land along the shoreline …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shoreline — noun Shoreline is used before these nouns: ↑erosion …   Collocations dictionary

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