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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea);
[syn: promontory, headland, head, foreland]

2. land forming the forward margin of something;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foreland \Fore"land`\, n. 1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England. [1913 Webster] 2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. --Farrow. [1913 Webster] 3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foreland n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland, head, foreland] 2: land forming the forward margin of something