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We collected smooth stones along the shore.
What does Shore mean?
land beside a body of water.
Dictionary definition
The land along the edge of a lake, river, sea, or ocean.
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Shore in a sentence
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The map showed a trail that followed the shore of the lake.
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The poem described waves slowly washing onto the sandy shore.
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What does shore mean?
A shore is the land along the edge of water.
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Which word is closest in meaning to shore?
Coast is close in meaning to shore.
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Which sentence uses shore correctly?
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Partnoun.
MeaningShore means land beside a body of water.
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inlandUse for land away from the shore.
open waterUse as a contrast to land beside water.
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Word family
Shore word family
Base word
shore
noun
shores
More than one edge of a body of water.
noun
shoreline
The line where land meets water.
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Hint for students
A shore is the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.
Common mix-up
Shore is not the same as beach. A beach is often sandy or pebbly; a shore is any land edge beside water.
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Write one sentence that shows shore without using the word shore. Model sentence: The waves washed over the rocks at the edge of the lake. Clue words: waves, rocks, edge of the lake Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show land beside a body of water?
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: "We walked along the shore and watched waves roll in." Why does shore fit better than mountain?
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