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Definition of Shoreline
1. Noun. A boundary line between land and water.
Definition of Shoreline
1. Noun. The divide between land and a body of water. ¹
2. Noun. The line on a map that illustrates this. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoreline
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoreline
Literary usage of Shoreline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Atlas of the World with Geophysical Boundaries Showing Oceans, Continents by Athelstan Spilhaus (1991)
"Antipodal shoreline Coincidences It was possible to do this by the ... shows us
that the only continental shoreline coincidences near the Equator occur ..."
2. Notes on Sites of Huron Villages in the Township of Oro (Simcoe County) by Andrew Frederick Hunter (1903)
"The "Algonquin" shoreline is taken as the base-line, and the other three ...
The strong shoreline at 310 feet above the "Algonquin" is the highest one I ..."
3. Physical Features of the Des Plaines Valley by James Walter Goldthwait (1909)
"While the Oak Park spit did not wholly shut in the Des Plaines bay, its construction
went far toward replacing the initial irregular shoreline with a gentle ..."
4. Cape Cod and the Old Colony by Albert Perry Brigham (1920)
"CHAPTER III THE CHANGING shoreline THE Pilgrim country is all built of frail and
destructible materials, while the sea is powerful and always at work. ..."
5. Cape Cod and the Old Colony by Albert Perry Brigham (1920)
"CHAPTER III THE CHANGING shoreline THE Pilgrim country is all built of frail and
destructible materials, while the sea is powerful and always ..."
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