strandline.

A line of deposited material marking how far water reached along a shore.

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Words that belong together

• tidal strandline
• seaweed strandline

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Shell fragments glittered along the strandline.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular strandline; plural strandlines. 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.