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shore break

shore break noun: the area along the shoreline where waves break (as distinguished from other types of breaks).

Noun

shore break (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The area along the shoreline where waves break (as distinguished from other types of breaks).
    • One of the fishermen was really stoked. He was trying to shoot the shore break in his canoe.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

Questions about shore break

What does shore break mean?
Shore break means the area along the shoreline where waves break (as distinguished from other types of breaks).
What part of speech is shore break?
Shore break is a noun.

Words near shore break in the dictionary

  1. shordies
  2. shordy
  3. shore
  4. shore bird
  5. shore birds
  6. shore break
  7. shore bug
  8. shore bugs
  9. shore cod
  10. shore crab
  11. shore crabs

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