- 1on the land rather than at sea an onshore oil field
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- 2(of wind) blowing from the ocean toward the land The height of tides is increased by onshore winds.
onshore
adjectiveNAmE//ˌɑnˈʃɔr//, NAmE//ˌɔnˈʃɔr//
[usually before noun] The wind will drive the boat onshore. compare offshoreSee onshore in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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