noun
- the part of a shore between high-water and low-water marks, or between the water and cultivated or developed land
Usage: geography; coastal terminology
Examples
- The foreshore was covered with seaweed after the storm.
- Children collected shells along the rocky foreshore.
- The government owns the foreshore below the high-tide mark.
- Marine biologists studied the creatures living in the foreshore zone.
- The hotel was built right up to the edge of the foreshore.
- Erosion has changed the shape of the foreshore over the years.