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shoar

shoar is the obsolete form of shore.

Meaning of shore

Noun (1)

shore (plural shores)

  1. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
    • lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore
  2. Land, usually near a port.
    • The seamen were serving on shore instead of on ships.

Noun (2)

shore (plural shores)

  1. A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
    • The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.

Noun (3)

shore (plural shores)

  1. (transitive, obsolete except Scotland) A sewer.
    • Emptie olde receptacles, or common-shores of filthe.c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...

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Forms of shoar

pluralshoars

Questions about shoar

What is shoar the obsolete form of?
Shoar is the obsolete form of shore.

Words near shoar in the dictionary

  1. shoals
  2. Shoalwater
  3. shoalweed
  4. shoalwise
  5. shoaly
  6. shoar
  7. Shoard
  8. Shoards
  9. shoare
  10. shoares
  11. shoarma

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