foreshore.

The part of a shore lying between ordinary high-water and low-water levels.

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Words that belong together

• the exposed foreshore
• a muddy foreshore
• walk on the foreshore

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At low tide the foreshore exposed the ribs of an old jetty.

They crossed the muddy foreshore knowing the return route would soon be underwater.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular foreshore; plural foreshores. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.