Definitions of foreland [ˈfɔrˌlænd, ˈfoʊr-]

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Definition of 'foreland'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) foreland
a cape, headland, or promontory.

2. foreland
land or territory lying in front.

Etymology: (1300–50)

Definition of 'foreland'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) promontory, headland, head, foreland
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

2. (noun) foreland
land forming the forward margin of something

Definition of 'foreland'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) foreland
a promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England

2. (noun) foreland
a piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat

3. (noun) foreland
that portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force

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