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Onshore   Listen
adjective
onshore  adj.  
1.
Coming from the sea toward the land; of winds and weather; as, an onshore gale. Opposed to offshore.
Synonyms: inshore, seaward.
2.
On the edge of the land; near the shoreline; as, an onshore lighthouse.





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"Onshore" Quotes from Famous Books



... purpose, and sent away in charge of Lieutenant Simpson, and, as usual, I was one of the volunteers who joined the party. Two of the natives gladly went in one of the boats—the same two who had previously invited us onshore, as if to return our hospitality and point out the fresh water about which we had made repeated inquiries, our stock of that all-essential article being now much reduced, and the ship's company on an allowance of ...
— Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade • John MacGillivray


Words linked to "Onshore" :   offshore, inshore, shoreward, seaward


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