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inshore

adjective adverb

Close to a shore

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Word length
7
Starts with
I
Ends with
E
Contains
NS
Scrabble score
10

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adjective

  1. Close to a shore

    “Inshore fisheries”

adjective

  1. (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land

    “An inshore breeze”

adverb

  1. Toward the shore

    “We swam two miles inshore”

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Inshore fisheries
An inshore breeze
An onshore gale
We swam two miles inshore

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