inland

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Adjective

Positive inland

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. To be inland is to be away from the ocean.

   The town was built near an inland sea.

Related Words

• in
• land

Preposition

Preposition inland

1. If something is or moves inland it moves away from the ocean towards the middle of the land.

   A terrible storm moved inland off the Pacific Ocean.