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foreshore

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fore⋅shore

  [fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr]
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–noun
1. the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
2. the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark.
Origin:
1755–65; fore- + shore 1
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fore·shore   (fôr'shôr', fōr'shōr')   
n.  

  1. The area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark.

  2. The part of a shore between the water and occupied or cultivated land.

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foreshore   (fôr'shôr')  Pronunciation Key 
The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark. Compare backshore.
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