Offshore breakwater: structure parallel to the shore, usually positioned in the sea, that protects the shore from waves.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

" At a February meeting in Sea Bright, just up the shore from Long Branch, the town's mayor acknowledged, "People fear a heartless government coming in and taking away their land.

WSJ: Battle of the Beach

Shore: narrow strip of land in immediate contact with the sea.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

Moreover, onshore production of floating turbines that are then towed offshore to be anchored in place should prove cheaper than the weather-restricted and costly off-shore construction of sea-bed turbines.

BBC: Floating challenge for offshore wind turbine

The famous Hellenistic science, grown on the shore of Asia Minor, on the Ionio sea, with Talete, died in Alessandria after six or seven centuries.

UNESCO: Science Policy and Capacity-Building

Now all 14 of its 'berths' - areas of sea connected by cable to the shore - are booked, a sign of growing interest in this fledgling source of power.

BBC: Tidal power gets a stormy birth off coast of Scotland