ashore

1. 1.

   towards the shore from the water

   “we invited them ashore”

Questions about ashore

What does ashore mean?

ashore means "towards the shore from the water".

How many syllables are in ashore?

ashore has 2 syllables: a-shore. The stress falls on "shore". In IPA it is /əˈʃɔɹ/.

Is ashore a common word?

ashore is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ashore?

6 words rhyme with ashore. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.