Offshore Definition–adverb | 1. | off or away from the shore: They pushed the boat offshore. |
| 2. | at a distance from the shore, on a body of water: looking for oil offshore. |
–adjective | 4. | moving or tending away from the shore toward or into a body of water: an offshore wind. |
| 5. | located or operating on a body of water, at some distance from the shore: offshore fisheries. |
| 6. | registered, located, conducted, or operated in a foreign country: an off-shore investment company; off-shore manufacture of car parts. |
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