shore
Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
Example
“lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore”
Other meanings
Land, usually near a port.
“The seamen were serving on shore instead of on ships.”
A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
“The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.”
A kind of
- geological formation
Kinds of shore
- seashore
- strand
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "schore".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shore” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.