shoreside

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adjective

Located on or near a shore.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveshoreside (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLocated on or near a shore.

    On shore I could see the glow of the great campfire burning warmly through the shoreside trees.

    1922, Charles H. Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
    2 more examples

    The seamen, in view of the cold and the wind, had for the most part slunk ashore, and were now roaring and singing in the shoreside taverns.

    1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

    What were once shoreside amenities now stand forlornly in the middle of the desert, a 300-yard hike from the beach.

    2007 July 29, Haim Watzman, “Israel’s Incredible Shrinking Sea”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: juxtalittoral

nounshoreside (plural shoresides)

plural shoresides

  1. The side of a shore.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLocated on or near a shore.

Origin

Translations

Hungarian partmenti
  • partmentilocated on or near a shore
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APA

shoreside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoreside

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“shoreside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoreside. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoreside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoreside.

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