Coastline and Shore

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Coastline

Coastline noun - The outline of a coast.

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Shore is a synonym for coastline in coast topic. In some cases you can use "Shore" instead the word "Coastline" as a noun or an adjective, when it comes to topics like seashore, seaboard, beachfront, border by water.

Nearby Words: coast, coastal

Shore

Shore noun - A structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else.

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Coastline is a synonym for shore in coast topic. You can use "Coastline" instead the word "Shore" as a noun or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as seashore, seaboard, beachfront.

Nearby Words: shored, shoring, shoreline, shoreward, shoreless

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The guy has managed to spend HOURS swimming towards the shore after jumping off of a boat, which was probably about 350 or so feet from the coastline.

Source: Roleplay / BZPRPG
They were recently used to make a 'wet work' incursion into Somalia, swimming to shore then crossing the harsh Somalian coastline, inland across all sorts of terrain to snatch someone the MOD did not like very much and then carry him all the way back.

Source: Useful Notes / Brits with Battleships

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