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onshore
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective onshore has 2 senses
- onshore(a = adj.all) inshore, seaward, shoreward - (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds"
- onshore(s = adj.all) Array - on the edge of the land; "an onshore lighthouse"
Adverbial onshore has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
onshore, adj.
- coming from the sea toward the land; -- of winds and weather; as, an onshore gale. Opposed to
offshore . [WordNet 1.5] - On the edge of the land; near the shoreline; as, an onshore lighthouse. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
onshore, adj.
1 on the shore.
2 (of the wind) blowing from the sea towards the land.
1 on the shore.
2 (of the wind) blowing from the sea towards the land.
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