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nearshore

nearshore noun: the region extending seaward from the shoreline.

Noun (1)

nearshore (plural nearshores)

  1. The region extending seaward from the shoreline.

Noun (2)

nearshore

  1. (US) Non-US operations located near the US, for example in Mexico or the Caribbean.

Verb

nearshore (third-person singular simple present nearshores, present participle nearshoring, simple past and past participle nearshored)

  1. (US) To move operations to locations near the US, such as Mexico or the Caribbean.

Forms of nearshore

Noun
pluralnearshores
Verb
third-person singular presentnearshores
present participlenearshoring
past participlenearshored
pastnearshored

Origin of nearshore

From near + shore.

By analogy with offshore.

Questions about nearshore

What does nearshore mean?
Nearshore means the region extending seaward from the shoreline.
What part of speech is nearshore?
Nearshore can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of nearshore?
The plural of nearshore is nearshores.

Words near nearshore in the dictionary

  1. nearness
  2. nearnesses
  3. nearring
  4. nearrings
  5. nears
  6. nearshore
  7. nearshored
  8. nearshores
  9. nearshoring
  10. nearside
  11. nearsides

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