Foreland

What do we mean by foreland?

A projecting landmass; a promontory. noun

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. noun

In fortification, a piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. noun

The portion of the shore usually left outside of a protecting dike or embankment for the purpose of breaking the force of the waves. noun

In physical geography, low alluvial land added to the coast of the mainland by the action of the sea or of streams. noun

A promontory or cape; a headland. noun

A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. noun

That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. noun

A headland. noun

In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited. noun

Land forming the forward margin of something noun

A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) noun

A headland.

In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

Words that are spelled similarly to foreland:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word foreland:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe foreland:
alpine, cuspate, northern, fairy, many, southern, eastern, low, north, western, appalachian, carpathian, south, european, variscan, apulian, coastal, marine, himalayan, adjacent, glacier, andean, flat, east, stable, narrow, continental, bold, adriatic, cordilleran, shingle, undeformed, sandy, broad, poor, arabian, hercynian, central, cratonic, immediate, peninsular, autochthonous, west, northwestern, southeastern, southwestern, caledonian, australian, ancient, rigid, rocky, orogenic, african, deformed, glacial, covered, end, crystalline, ural, pyrenean, argolic, undisturbed, thracian, laramide, scrubby, northwest, fair, laurentian, lewisian, lovely, southernmost, bavarian, asian, caucasian, southeast, called, fertile, hilly, resolute, sound, archean, alien, bernese.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective foreland:
basin, belts, thrust, sheets, plates, basins, systems, levels, deformation, system.

Consonant match to foreland:
forlend, forelend, farland.

Words that sound like foreland:
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