"foreshore" meaning in All languages combined

See foreshore on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: foreshores [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + shore or fore + shore. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|shore}} fore- + shore, {{compound|en|fore|shore}} fore + shore Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreshore (plural foreshores)
  1. The part of a shore between high water and low water. Wikipedia link: intertidal zone Categories (topical): Ecology Synonyms: intertidal zone Coordinate_terms: backshore Translations (The intertidal zone): بدوک (Baluchi), estran (French), tuaone (Maori)

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