Seacoast

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.

    "Neither chick nor child was left living the length of the seacoast."

  2. 2
    the shore of a sea or ocean wordnet

Synonyms

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seashorecoastcoastseaboardseashoreseaside

Example

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"Tom and Mary drove along the seacoast."

Etymology

From Middle English see-cost, see-coste, see coost, equivalent to sea + coast. Compare West Frisian seekoast (“seacoast”), Dutch zeekust (“seacoast”), German Seeküste (“seacoast”).

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