foreland

/ˈfɔrlənd/

Other forms: forelands

Definitions of foreland

1. noun

   a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
   synonyms: head, headland, promontory

   examples:

   Cape Horn

   a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)

   Rock of Gibraltar

   location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules

   Cape Hatteras

   a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina

   Cape Canaveral

   a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight

   Cape Sable

   a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia

   Jebel Musa

   a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules

   types:

   mull

   a term used in Scottish names of promontories

   point

   a promontory extending out into a large body of water

   type of:

   elevation, eminence, natural elevation

   a raised or elevated geological formation
2. noun

   land forming the forward margin of something
   type of:

   dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma

   the solid part of the earth's surface