onshore (adj.)

  1. (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; an inshore breeze; an onshore gale; sheltered from seaward winds

    [ Syn: inshore , seaward , shoreward ]

    onshore (adv.)

  1. on or toward the land; they were living onshore'

    onshore (adj.)

  1. on the edge of the land; an onshore lighthouse'

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