1. Noun
A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
2. Noun
A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.
3. Noun
That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.
4. Noun
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
5. Noun
land forming the forward margin of something
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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