foreland.

An area of land projecting toward the sea, often forming a promontory.

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Words that belong together

• rocky foreland
• coastal foreland

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The lighthouse stood on a rocky foreland.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular foreland; plural forelands. 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.