Spit:

(1) A long narrow accumulation of sand or shingle, lying generally in line with the COAST, with one end attached to the land the other projecting into the sea or across the mouth of an ESTUARY. See also ness. (2) (SMP) An accretion shoreform which extends seaward from and parallel to the SHORELINE.

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