Hypertext Webster Gateway: "offshore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Offshore \Off"shore"\, a.
From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
offshore
adj 1: (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [ant: {inshore}]
2: at some distance from the shore; "offshore oil reserves"
adv : away from shore; away from land; "cruising three miles
offshore" [ant: {onshore}]
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