coastline
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
the land and water lying adjacent to a shoreline.
Origin of coastline
1Words Nearby coastline
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How to use coastline in a sentence
It also theoretically moves the ancient coastline more than two miles from where historians originally placed it.
Although it took 21 years after Peter ran away at the battle of Narva, Russia finally got a Baltic coastline.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA drive to the Snæfellsnes peninsula—seriously, these names—is a veritable coastline journey to the center of the Earth.
And an unnamed vessel that hit the brutal coastline in 1860 has a particularly dark story.
Its beautiful landscape and coastline are matched only by its fascinating history.
We’d Rather Be in Beautiful—and Warm—St. Barts | Architectural Digest | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The War Office forget every now and then other things about the coastline above the Narrows.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonTo the east there was a precipitous coastline of dark rock which for a while we thought of visiting.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe irregularities in the coastline account for this; the wind tending to flow down to sea-level by the nearest route.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonJuly and August are cold and foggy along the coastline, with strong west winds almost every day.
Stories of California | Ella M. SextonOur object was to map in the coastline as far east as possible, and the problem, now, was whether to go north or south.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for coastline
/ (ˈkəʊstˌlaɪn) /
the outline of a coast, esp when seen from the sea, or the land adjacent to it
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