seaboard

noun

sea·​board ˈsē-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce seaboard (audio)
Synonyms of seaboardnext
: seacoast
also : the country bordering a seacoast
seaboard adjective

Examples of seaboard in a Sentence

He lives on the eastern seaboard.
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Summer heat headed to Maryland next week A large dome of high pressure along the eastern seaboard will send temperatures soaring to summer-time levels next week. Cutter Martin, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026 First, a warm Easter Sunday morning is in store for the eastern seaboard before the cold front comes through, bringing a band of heavy rain and thunderstorms that will move from the Appalachians to the Atlantic Coast. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026 But Turner was suggesting that the heart of the nation’s history was not in England or in the American colonies along the eastern seaboard, but on the western frontier. Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 Long before the cronut and everything being Dubai-flavored, a craze for terrapin soup swept across the eastern seaboard in the 19th century. James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seaboard

Word History

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of seaboard was in 1613

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“Seaboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaboard. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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seaboard

noun
sea·​board ˈsē-ˌbō(ə)rd How to pronounce seaboard (audio)
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: seacoast
also : the country bordering a seacoast
seaboard adjective

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