shoreface

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounshoreface (plural shorefaces)

plural shorefaces

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

Origin

From shore + face.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

shoreface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoreface

MLA

“shoreface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoreface. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoreface,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoreface.

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