English Explanatory Dictionary

seacoast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.

Word forms

seacoast seacoasts

Etymology

From Middle English see-cost, see-coste, see coost, equivalent to sea + coast. Compare West Frisian seekoast (“seacoast”), Dutch zeekust (“seacoast”), German Seeküste (“seacoast”).

Synonyms

seashore coast
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