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

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.