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shoreface

shoreface noun: a narrow, steeply sloping zone between a seaward limit of the shore at low water and a nearly horizontal offshore zone.

Noun

shoreface (plural shorefaces)

  1. A narrow, steeply sloping zone between a seaward limit of the shore at low water and a nearly horizontal offshore zone.

Forms of shoreface

pluralshorefaces

Origin of shoreface

From shore + face.

Questions about shoreface

What does shoreface mean?
Shoreface means a narrow, steeply sloping zone between a seaward limit of the shore at low water and a nearly horizontal offshore zone.
What part of speech is shoreface?
Shoreface is a noun.
What is the plural of shoreface?
The plural of shoreface is shorefaces.

Words near shoreface in the dictionary

  1. shorecrab
  2. shorecrabs
  3. shored
  4. shored up
  5. Shoreditch
  6. shoreface
  7. shorefaces
  8. shorefast
  9. shorefish
  10. shorefishes
  11. shorefront

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