Words Like FORELAND

We have put together a list of words that are similar to FORELAND.

9 Alternative Words Similar to foreland

1 Promontory Noun      Synonym Words Like Promontory
2 Headland Noun      Synonym Words Like Headland
3 Head Noun      Synonym Words Like Head
4 Earth Noun      Synonym Words Like Earth
5 Elevation Noun      Synonym Words Like Elevation
6 Ground Noun      Synonym Words Like Ground
7 Land Noun      Synonym Words Like Land
8 Point Noun      Hyponym Words Like Point
9 Mull Noun      Hyponym Words Like Mull

1 examples of foreland

1 the North and South Foreland in Kent, England

10 definitions of foreland

1 A promontory or cape; a headland.
2 A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.
3 That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.
4 land forming the forward margin of something
5 a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
6 A projecting land mass; a promontory.
7 A promontory or cape; a point of land extending into the water some distance from the line of the shore; a headland: as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
8 In fortification, a piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.
9 The portion of the shore usually left outside of a protecting dike or embankment for the purpose of breaking the force of the waves.
10 In physical geography, low alluvial land added to the coast of the mainland by the action of the sea or of streams.
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