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onshore.

Moving from the sea towards the land.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɒnʃɔː/Eastern-New-England, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔnʃoɹ//ˈɑnʃoɹ/Northern-US, cot-caught-merger[ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ]Canada

  1. Moving from the sea towards the land.

    not-comparable
    an onshore breeze

  2. Positioned on or near the shore.

    not-comparable

  3. Within the country; not overseas.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From on + shore.

adv/ˈɒnʃɔː/Eastern-New-England, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔnʃoɹ//ˈɑnʃoɹ/Northern-US, cot-caught-merger[ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ]Canada

  1. From the sea towards the land.

Where this word comes from

From on + shore.

verb/ˈɒnʃɔː/Eastern-New-England, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation/ˈɔnʃoɹ//ˈɑnʃoɹ/Northern-US, cot-caught-merger[ˈɒːnʃoɹ ~ ˈɔːnʃoɹ]Canada

  1. To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.

Where this word comes from

From on + shore.

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