"offshore" in the adjective sense
1. offshore, seaward
of winds) coming from the land
"offshore winds"
2. offshore
at some distance from the shore
"offshore oil reserves"
"an offshore island"
"offshore" in the adverb sense
1. offshore
away from shore away from land
"cruising three miles offshore"
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