seacoast

[ see-kohst ]

noun

1. the land immediately adjacent to the sea.

seacoast

/ ˈsiːˌkəʊst /

noun

1. land bordering on the sea; a coast

Word History and Origins

Origin of seacoast¹

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

Example Sentences

The rocky northern shore of Lake Superior north of Duluth, Minnesota—it looks like the Maine seacoast.

From The Daily Beast

The rather sharp air of the seacoast kissed his face, and he walked slowly, his stick under his arm and his hands behind his back.

From Project Gutenberg

She might have been bound there, beneath the single lamp, like an olden criminal to a seacoast rock before the rising tide.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the typical Ligurian coast villa, one of a species which has set the copy for many other seacoast villas and grounds.

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Skipanon is a small creek, a branch of which Clark crossed on a log during his trip from Fort Clatsop to the seacoast.

From Project Gutenberg

First, the question of Acadia: whether the treaty gave England a vast country, or only a strip of seacoast.

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Related Words

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