onshore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
    seaward; shoreward; inshore.
    • an inshore breeze
    • an onshore gale
    • sheltered from seaward winds
  2. adjective satellite on the edge of the land
    • an onshore lighthouse
  3. adverb on or toward the land
    • they were living onshore

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