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What does longshore mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word longshore? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or living along a seacoast.
  2. (of a current) Flowing parallel to the shoreline, or diagonal to it, rather than perpendicular to it.
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In 1997, in solidarity with striking dockworkers in Liverpool, longshore workers refused to cross a picket line to unload the ship.
The longshore current can carry large amounts of sand along the coast and can form spits, barrier islands and tombolos.
Rising sea levels and longshore drift since the ice age have created a remarkable, 500 km-long beach.
Marine deposits are formed along seashores by sea water flowing in longshore currents.
Find animations and images showing a variety of depositional landforms resulting from longshore drift.
This process is repeated and pebbles gradually shift along the beach, a process called longshore drift.

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