Meaning & use
Onshore
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Located on or moving toward the land, as opposed to at sea or offshore.
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The company built a new onshore wind farm along the coastal ridge.
An onshore breeze cooled the beach by early afternoon.
A note on using this word
Used both literally for wind and geography, and figuratively in finance to describe operations conducted within a country's own borders.
Words with a similar meaning
coastallandward
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Words with an opposite meaning
offshore
Another way to use it
2. adverb
Toward the shore or land.
The tide was moving onshore by evening.
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