seaboard

[ see-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈsiˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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noun

the line where land and sea meet.

a region bordering a seacoast: the Eastern seaboard.

adjective

bordering on or adjoining the sea.

Origin of seaboard

1350–1400 for earlier sense “porthole cover”; 1480–90 in phrases at, on, to seaboard on the seaward side; 1815–25 for def 1; Middle English seebord. See sea, starboard

OTHER WORDS FROM seaboard

in·ter·sea·board, adjective

Words nearby seaboard

seabeach, seabed, seabee, seabird, seablite, seaboard, seaboot, seaborg, seaborgium, seaborne, seabright bantam syndrome

Example sentences from the Web for seaboard

In the years before the American Revolution, few colonists on the Atlantic seaboard joined militias or even knew how to use arms.

The Militarization of America |William R. Polk |December 5, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Tens of thousands line up to pay their respects as Hurricane Danny moves slowly up the Atlantic seaboard and darkens the sky.

My Martha's Vineyard Close Encounter |Patricia J. Williams |August 29, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Then followed for the less fortunate the long and agonizing march to the seaboard.

Our Foreigners |Samuel P. Orth
We had an added week of smoke at the seaboard, where we were obliged awhile for our ship.

Following the Equator, Part 1 |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

For example there is a man in a city on the Atlantic seaboard for whom I pray daily.

Quiet Talks on Prayer |S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
But in the eastern Mediterranean the dark longheads are hard pressed and have kept little save the seaboard from the broadheads.

Modern Geography |Marion I. Newbigin
Of all the forms of lime, that supplied by the marls of the seaboard section appears to be the best.

The Peanut Plant |B. W. Jones

British Dictionary definitions for seaboard

seaboard

/ (ˈsiːˌbɔːd) /

noun

land bordering on the sea; the seashore
(as modifier)seaboard towns

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