seaboard

[see-bawrd, -bohrd]

noun

1. the line where land and sea meet.

2. a region bordering a seacoast.

   the Eastern seaboard.

adjective

1. bordering on or adjoining the sea.

seaboard

/ ˈsiːˌbɔːd /

noun

1. 1. land bordering on the sea; the seashore

   2. ( as modifier )

      seaboard towns

Other Word Forms

• interseaboard adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of seaboard¹

1350–1400 for earlier sense “porthole cover”; 1480–90 in phrases at, on, to seaboard on the seaward side; 1815–25 seaboard for def. 1; Middle English seebord. See sea, starboard

Example Sentences

They are frequently found in regions around the Mediterranean, as well as across continental Europe and along the Atlantic seaboard.

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The US-EAST-1 Region refers to a group of data centers on the eastern seaboard of the U.S., centered around Northern Virginia.

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We have since lived through Hurricane Maria ripping apart Puerto Rico in 2017, Hurricane Helene washing away communities across the Southeastern seaboard in 2024, and sudden flash floods in Texas earlier this month.

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Eventually, the U.S. surrenders after a German nuclear attack; and America is occupied by Nazi Germany along the eastern seaboard and Japan on the West Coast, with a pseudo-independent Vichy regime in the Rockies.

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We knew in advance that some of the strongest winds in the UK and Ireland would be felt on the western seaboard.

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Related Words

• bank 
• beach 
• border 
• coast 
• riverbank 
• sand 
• seashore 
• waterfront