noun
Meaning 1
The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seacoast
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noun
Meaning 2
the shore of a sea or ocean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seashore, coast, sea-coast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shore
Narrower terms: littoral, litoral, littoral zone, sands, landfall, seaside, seaboard, tideland, Barbary Coast, Aeolis, Aeolia, Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: marbordo — coastal land bordering a sea or ocean