"onshore" in the adjective sense
1. inshore, onshore, shoreward
of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
"an inshore breeze"
"an onshore gale"
2. onshore
on the edge of the land
"an onshore lighthouse"
"onshore" in the adverb sense
1. onshore
on or toward the land
"they were living onshore"
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