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Word entry · 7 letters

onshore

Best crossword clue

"Toward the coast"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPart of speech adjective, adverbSorted ehnoorsStarts with OEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
1O2N3S4H5O6R7E

Definitions

  1. on the edge of the land

Word origin

From on + shore.

Used in a sentence

  • an onshore breeze
  • The second time La Suprema came into harbor, at the Port of Augusta, in the east of Sicily, I watched the police onshore grow impatient with a teenager who was scheduled to disembark.
  • By this measure, it was only the second largest onshore leak in the US last year, surpassed by one near San Antonio, Texas in March which discharged 147 tonnes of methane an hour.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Toward the coast7 letters
02Toward land7 letters

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