Associations to the word «Foreland»

Wiktionary

FORELAND, noun. A headland.
FORELAND, noun. (geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

Dictionary definition

FORELAND, noun. A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).
FORELAND, noun. Land forming the forward margin of something.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats