shorepound
English
noun
Definitions
- (surfing) A dangerous condition, due to high tide or larger surf, where the waves break in one single "wall" onto the beach, often in shallow water.
Etymology
Compound from English shore (prop, coast) + English pound (pen, animal pound, verb, enclosure, measure of weight).
Origin
English
pound
Gloss
pen, animal pound, verb, enclosure, measure of weight
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alongshore English
- ashore English
- backshore English
- dogshore English
- foreshore English
- geepound English
- impound English
- kilopound English
- lakeshore English
- multipound English
- nearshore English
- noshore English
- offshore English
- onshore English
- outshore English
- petropound English
- pinfold English
- pound English
- poundable English
- poundage English
- poundal English
- pounder English
- poundkeeper English
- poundmaker English
- poundmaster English
- seashore English
- shorage English
- shore English
- shorebird English
- shorebound English
- shored English
- shoreface English
- shorefish English
- shorefront English
- shoregoing English
- shoreland English
- shorelark English
- shoreless English
- shorelike English
- shoreline English
- shorer English
- shoreside English
- shoreward English
- shorewards English
- shoreweed English
- shory English
- tenpounder English
- upshore English
- pauna Finnish
- pound Middle English
- schore Middle English
- पाउंड Hindi
- पौंड Hindi
- ปอนด์ Thai
- ponndadh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- punnd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- pao Vietnamese
- পাউণ্ড Assamese
- 磅 Chinese
- paundi Swahili
- pauni Swahili
- 파운드 Korean
- ផោន Central Khmer
- fam Hausa
- shory
- shore
- pound
- shorer
- shored
- ashore
- shorage
- onshore
- pinfold
- upshore
- noshore
- pounder
- impound
- poundal
- geepound
- dogshore
- outshore
- seashore
- poundage
- offshore
- shoreline
- kilopound
- backshore
- lakeshore
- shorelike
- shorebird
- nearshore
- shoreless
- shoreweed
- shorefish
- shoreward
- shorelark
- foreshore
- shoreland
- poundable
- shoreside
- shoreface
- shorewards
- shorebound
- shoregoing
- poundmaker
- shorefront
- petropound
- multipound
- alongshore
- tenpounder
- poundmaster
- poundkeeper