Definitions
support by placing against something solid or rigid
Word origin
From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear.
Used in a sentence
“lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore”
“the fruitful shore of muddy Nile”
“Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges[…]: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Water's edge”5 letters
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