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seacoast

[ see-kohst ]

/ ˈsiˌkoʊst /

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noun

the land immediately adjacent to the sea.

Origin of seacoast

First recorded in 1300–50, seacoast is from the Middle English word see cost. See sea, coast

Words nearby seacoast

seaborg, seaborgium, seaborne, seabright bantam syndrome, seabury, seacoast, seacock, seadog, seadrome, seafarer, seafaring

Example sentences from the Web for seacoast

The rocky northern shore of Lake Superior north of Duluth, Minnesota—it looks like the Maine seacoast.

Charles Baxter: How I Write |Noah Charney |August 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He it was who got her out of Paris and accompanied her to the seacoast, placing his own carriage at her disposal.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 |Various
Their home with us is on the seacoast where they feed along the beach turning over shells and pebbles in their search for food.

Color Key to North American Birds |Frank M. Chapman
If England cannot protect two hundred miles of seacoast from the raids of German battleships, can we protect two thousand miles?

Our National Defense: |George Hebard Maxwell

The bundle is wrapped in paper and in this shape is sent to the seacoast.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899 |Various
Nellore is one hundred and seven miles north of Madras, on the main line of railway, and sixteen miles from the seacoast.

A Tour of the Missions |Augustus Hopkins Strong

British Dictionary definitions for seacoast

seacoast

/ (ˈsiːˌkəʊst) /

noun

land bordering on the sea; a coast