noun
Meaning 1
The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.
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noun
The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.
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noun
The foreshore, the strip of land between low water and high water.
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noun
the shore of a sea or ocean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coast, seacoast, sea-coast
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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
From sea + shore.
Across languages
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