seacoast

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noun

The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.

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seashorecoastsea-coast
OriginMiddle English see-cost →
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Meanings

nounseacoast (plural seacoasts)

plural seacoasts

  1. The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.

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

    1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41

    Synonyms: seashore, coast

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.

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seashorecoast

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe shore of a sea or ocean

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seashorecoastsea-coast
Broader
shore
Also see
coastseashore

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishsee-cost
  2. Englishseacoast

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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Translations

Esperanto marbordo
  • marbordocoastal land bordering a sea or ocean
Cite this entry
APA

seacoast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seacoast

MLA

“seacoast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seacoast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seacoast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seacoast.

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