inshore
/ˈɪnʃˈɔɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.70 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
Example Sentences
- "My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price."
- "The sunset's roses faint and fain decline. Inshore the still sea shimmers scale on scale, Like an enormous coat of magic mail — Sheet silver shot with tremulous opaline."
- "It is now believed that many species of sharks come inshore at night to feed and, therefore, that attacks made during the day are not related to the feeding process."