backshore.

The part of a beach above the usual reach of high tides, though storms may cover it.

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Words that belong together

• backshore dunes
• backshore vegetation

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Broken branches lay across the backshore after the storm.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular backshore; plural backshores. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.