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View synonyms for seacoast

seacoast

[ see-kohst ]

noun

  1. the land immediately adjacent to the sea.


seacoast

/ ˈsiːˌkəʊst /

noun

  1. land bordering on the sea; a coast
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of seacoast1

First recorded in 1300–50, seacoast is from Middle English see cost. See sea, coast
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Example Sentences

A 10-year defense and economic deal with Turkey to protect its seacoast and bolster its naval force.

Eventually, the boy was taken to the seacoast and sold yet again.

Mike McCormack lives in Galway, Ireland, on a seacoast facing the Atlantic with rocky, unforgiving cliffs that give way to thin, hardpan soil.

He’s on the campaign trail, of course — headed for New Hampshire for an appearance Saturday in Durham — a seacoast town settled in 1635.

While Holmes “basically lifted the campus block by block from a wonderful estate in the north of England,” he was also inspired by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis’ “glorious” purpose-built seacoast town of Portmeirion, in Wales.

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