[
US
/ˈɑnˌʃɔɹ/
]
[ UK /ˈɒnʃɔː/ ]
[ UK /ˈɒnʃɔː/ ]
ADVERB
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on or toward the land
they were living onshore
ADJECTIVE
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on the edge of the land
an onshore lighthouse -
(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
an inshore breeze
an onshore gale
How To Use onshore In A Sentence
- As luck would have it the winds had been howling onshore for almost a solid week.
- Production was cut at its rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and at onshore refineries such as Texas City, which was also the scene of a fatal fire in March.
- No convincing reason has been given for treating onshore and offshore workers differently - often by the same company.
- There are now almost 3,000 onshore wind turbines in the UK. Times, Sunday Times
- A comparison of estimates of dip separation based on onshore geology and seismic data is presented later in the paper.
- The measures could prompt companies to change their structures and move jobs out of tax havens: It may mean that a lot of activities are onshored again.
- The afternoon thunderstorm has arrived, generated by strong onshore breezes at the end of a day of harsh tropical sunshine.
- Tuesday the 17th is one mediocre day, without waves and with onshore wind, however in the after noon sets become visible underneath the slop.
- A protest group drew first blood in the fight to win people's opinions when an energy company showed its onshore wind farm proposals for Bradwell.
- Whether highly skilled service tasks are offshored or onshored in a specific country, with concomitant pressures on incomes, will depend on that country's comparative advantage.