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Seacoast

The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.

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Landfall 76% connected

A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

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Littoral 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.

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Seaboard 76% connected

The seashore; seacoast.

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Seaside 76% connected

The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.

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Shore 76% connected

of Shear

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Coast 92% connected

The side of a thing.

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Seashore 92% connected

The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.

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Accretion noun · 86% connection

(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

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Bed noun · 86% connection

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"

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Break noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Clast noun · 86% connection

(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

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Clastic rock noun · 86% connection

(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks

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Deflation noun · 86% connection

(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…

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Eating away noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Eroding noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Erosion noun · 86% connection

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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Esker noun · 86% connection

(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

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Exceedance noun · 86% connection

(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…

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Fault line noun · 86% connection

(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface

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Fracture noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Geologic process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geological fault noun · 86% connection

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…

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Geological formation noun · 86% connection

(geology) the geological features of the earth

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Geological process noun · 86% connection

(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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Geology noun · 86% connection

a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

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Ambitus noun · 78% connection

The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Arrive verb · 78% connection

To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Ashore adverb · 78% connection

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

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Atlantic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on…

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Bastion noun · 78% connection

A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Beach noun · 78% connection

The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Border verb · 78% connection

To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Brine noun · 78% connection

The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Brink noun · 78% connection

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Edge verb · 78% connection

The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Edging noun · 78% connection

That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: shore, border, land, adjacent, ocean.
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Flow noun · 78% connection

The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.

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