onshore

adjective

on·​shore ˈȯn-ˌshȯr 

ˈän-

1

: coming or moving from the water toward or onto the shore

an onshore wind

2

a

: situated on or near the shore as distinguished from being in deep or open water

b

: situated on land

3

: domestic sense 2

onshore markets

onshore

ˈȯn-ˈshȯr 

ˈän-ˈshȯr

adverb

Examples of onshore in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The measures target the onshore business, where Gamesa’s struggles have been most severe, compounded by high costs that have pushed the industry into the red. —Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, Fortune Europe, 8 May 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Detroit on Monday to tout the Biden administration's economic agenda, casting it as a transformational investment to help Americans prosper, onshore supply chains and close racial disparities on a range of fronts from business lending to homeownership. —Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2024

Ongoing political battles to tweak the EV tax credit policy pit the Biden administration’s environmental agenda against its industrial policy, and contrast calls to onshore battery technology away from China with the meager investment and slow progress of domestic firms. —Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 6 May 2024

The gulf has an extensive network of pipelines and equipment that helps deliver the oil and gas directly to onshore facilities with little processing through pipelines. —Ivan Penn, New York Times, 3 May 2024

Advertisement After looking at data over a 20-year period, the researchers found that warmer-than-average winter sea surface temperatures followed by onshore winds tended to correlate with higher numbers of velella strandings the following spring, from Washington to Northern California. —Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024

Parsons said onshore winds pushed smoke from the end of the pier toward the shore. —San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2024

Labour’s program involves tripling solar power, quadrupling offshore wind power, doubling onshore wind power, and expanding nuclear, hydrogen, and tidal power. —David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024

Powerful onshore winds will lead to widespread coastal flooding along the eastern Gulf Coast and must of the East Coast, and significant flooding is expected in the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic. —Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

onshore

adjective

on·​shore ˈȯn-ˌshō(ə)r 

ˈän-,

-ˌshȯ(ə)r

1

: moving toward the shore

onshore winds

2

: situated on land

onshore oil refinery

onshore

ˈȯn-ˈshō(ə)r 

ˈän-

-ˈshȯ(ə)r

adverb