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longshore

longshore adjective: of, relating to, or living along a seacoast.

Adjective

longshore (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or living along a seacoast.
    • a longshore fisherman
  2. Flowing parallel to the shoreline, or diagonal to it, rather than perpendicular to it. (of a current)
    • a dangerous longshore current

Proper noun capitalized: Longshore

Longshore (plural Longshores)

  1. A surname.

Forms of longshore

pluralLongshores

Origin of longshore

Aphesis of alongshore.

Words formed from longshore

Questions about longshore

What does longshore mean?
Longshore means of, relating to, or living along a seacoast.
What part of speech is longshore?
Longshore can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near longshore in the dictionary

  1. longshanks
  2. longship
  3. longships
  4. longshoot
  5. longshoots
  6. longshore
  7. longshore drift
  8. longshoreman
  9. longshoreman's cap
  10. longshoremen
  11. longshorepeople

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