noun
- the parts 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 foreshores were covered with seaweed after the storm.
- Local regulations protect the natural foreshores from development.
- Birds often feed along the foreshores during low tide.
- The city plans to restore the damaged foreshores.
- Rocky foreshores provide habitat for marine life.
- Erosion threatens many of the area’s foreshores.