shoreface

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A narrow, steeply sloping zone between a seaward limit of the shore at low water and a nearly horizontal offshore zone.

Word forms

shoreface shorefaces

Etymology

From shore + face.

Related words

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