Onshore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Onshore is an adjective meaning Moving from the sea towards the land.
Meaning
Moving from the sea towards the land.
More Meanings
- Positioned on or near the shore.
- Within the country; not overseas.
- From the sea towards the land.
- (management) To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.
Example Sentences
an onshore breeze
Like most storms, Hurricane Katrina weakened as it came onshore, and by Monday evening the National Hurricane Center had downgraded it to a tropical storm.
By this measure, it was only the second largest onshore leak in the US last year, surpassed by one near San Antonio, Texas in March which discharged 147 tonnes of methane an hour.
The second time La Suprema came into harbor, at the Port of Augusta, in the east of Sicily, I watched the police onshore grow impatient with a teenager who was scheduled to disembark.
Word Forms
- on-shore
- onshores
- onshoring
- onshored
Synonyms for onshore
Depending on context, synonyms include inshore, seaward.
Antonyms for onshore
Common opposites include offshore.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seaward, inshore, land, landward, nearshore, coast.
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