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Synonyms for onshore
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : on-shawr, -shohr, awn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒnˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr, ˈɔn- |
Définition of onshore
- adj coastal
- When we got on board the boat, we found that all the women had taken refuge in it, thinking that they had seen Indians onshore.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh » by Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch
- Onshore, we had the sail spread so as to shelter us against the wind and dew.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete » by William T. Sherman
- Many a time I had to clear off the land, so to speak, against an onshore gale with my barge and family.
- Extract from : « A Floating Home » by Cyril Ionides
- Undoubtedly an onshore wind and a flood-tide bring sand into the lower reaches, for the men find it in the dredges.
- Extract from : « A Floating Home » by Cyril Ionides
- "Watchin' out for evidence in a law case, probably," growled Cap'n Sproul, the fear of onshore artfulness ever with him.
- Extract from : « The Skipper and the Skipped » by Holman Day
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