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onshore

DEFINITIONS OF: onshore

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adj (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land

“an onshore gale”
Synonyms:
inshore, seaward, shoreward
Antonyms:
offshore, seaward
(of winds) coming from the land

adj on the edge of the land

“an onshore lighthouse”
Synonyms
terrestrial
operating or living or growing on land

adv on or toward the land

“they were living onshore”
Antonyms:
offshore
away from shore; away from land
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