Word Meanings - OFFSHORE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.

Related words: (words related to OFFSHORE)

• SHORER
  One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.
• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• SHOREWARD
  Toward the shore.
• SIGNALLY
  In a signal manner; eminently.
• SIGNAL
  1. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action. All obeyed The wonted signal and superior voice
• SIGNALITY
  The quality or state of being signal or remarkable. Sir T. Browne.
• OFFSHORE
  From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.
• SIGNALMENT
  The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks. Mrs. Browning.
• SIGNALMAN
  A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.
• SHORELESS
  Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean. Young.
• SHORELING
  See SHORLING
• SIGNALIST
  One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals.
• SHORE
  A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath (more info) schoore, Icel. skor, and perhaps to E. shear, as being a piece cut
• SEASHORE
  All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks. (more info) 1. The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.
• LONGSHORE
  Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "Longshore thieves." R. Browning.
• BLOCK SIGNAL
  One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates the signal also.
• WEATHER SIGNAL
  Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weather Bureau includes temperature, cold or hot wave, rain or snow, wind direction, storm, and hurricane signals.
• LONGSHOREMAN
  One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
• LIGHT SIGNALS
  A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting numbers having a code significance.
• ALONGSHORE
  Along the shore or coast.
• DOGSHORE
  One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
• WIND SIGNAL
  In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and esp. the expected approach of winds whose direction and force are dangerous to shipping, etc. The wind-signal system of the United States Weather Bureau consists of storm,
• ASHORE
  On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground ; -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat. Here shall I die ashore. Shak. I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Shak.