onshore

Meanings

Adjective

  • moving from the sea towards the land: an onshore breeze
  • positioned on or near the shore
  • Within the country; not overseas.

Adverb

  • from the sea towards the land

Verb

  • To relocate production, services or jobs to lower-cost locations in the same country.

Origin

  • on + shore

Modern English dictionary

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