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adj. Moving or directed away from the shore: an offshore wind.

adj. Located at a distance from the shore: an offshore mooring; offshore oil-drilling platforms.

adj. Located or based in a foreign country and not subject to tax laws: offshore bank accounts; offshore investments.

ad. Away from the shore: The storm moved offshore.

ad. At a distance from the shore: a boat moored offshore.

n. The comparatively flat region of submerged land extending seaward from beyond the region where breakers form to the edge of the continental shelf.

adj. Moving away from the shore.

adj. Located in the sea away from the coast.

adj. Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws.

ad. Away from the shore.

ad. At some distance from the shore.

v. To use foreign labour to substitute for local labour.

adj. From the shore

adj. Located in the waters near the shore.

adj. Operating or located in a foreign country.

From the shore; away from the shore: as, the wind was blowing offshore.

At a distance from the shore.

Leading off or away from the shore.

Belonging to or carrying on operations in that part of the sea which is off or at a distance from the shore, especially at a distance of more than three miles from the shore: opposed to inshore.

adj. at some distance from the shore

ad. away from shore; away from land

adj. (of winds) coming from the land

"The action is captured in the forest of drilling rigs and endless pump jacks that, amid this year's slowly receding sloughs, seem to float on water, giving new meaning to the term "offshore drilling.""

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inshore    noshore    onshore    deep-sea   

Boer    Bohr    C4    Dior    Dore    Flore    Fore    Gabor    Gore    Igor   

coastal    untapped    overseas    federal    retail    shale    oil-shale    strategic    easterly    large-scale