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seacoast

noun

Definition of seacoast

as in seaboard

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Recent Examples of seacoast North Korea has opened a splashy resort on its eastern seacoast called Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, featuring some 400 buildings. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 July 2025 Located on the seacoast of Northern Ireland, this UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of seven natural wonders of the United Kingdom is otherworldly. — Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025 The Odesa port and two others on the nearby seacoast have been a particular target of Russian wrath for the last eight months, since Ukraine managed to open a coast-hugging 350-mile Black Sea grain corridor to the Bosporus strait. — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024 There are unique Airbnbs abound but for a unique stay on the seacoast, check out Great Island Inn. — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for seacoast

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Noun

Cadillac Mountain At 1,530 feet, Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the United States and one of Acadia’s most iconic destinations.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands.

— jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of seaboard

Noun

Meanwhile, in northern Greece, more than 300 vacationers and residents were evacuated by sea Thursday after a wildfire swept through a pine forest and threatened seaside homes, authorities said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Vogue Daily Newsletter The bag originally made its debut with Mattieu Blazy’s cruise collection shown in Biarritz back in April, a show that celebrated the house’s seaside legacy.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of seaside

Noun

Located right next to the bustling New England town of Bar Harbor, Acadia has a rugged seashore, great rock climbing opportunities, and more than enough hiking, camping, and paddling to go around.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
The painting shows a castle atop a giant, floating rock, hanging before a partly cloudy sky over a seashore, and has resided at the museum since 1985.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 9 June 2026

Definition of seashore

Noun

With France experiencing its driest year ever, a new fire raced through woodlands overnight in the Landes region on the southwest coast.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
And that’s without factoring in what had, until my most recent visit to this bit of the Lincolnshire coast in 2024, been a hidden gem.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of coast

Noun

The quake initially triggered fears of a tsunami, and a warning from Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, issuing alerts to stay away from beaches and calls for people to evacuate.

— Jason Volack, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The private beach lacks shade, so bring an umbrella and extra sunscreen in the summer.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of beach

Noun

Analysts say the Houthis appear to be mobilizing for an offensive that would aim to take more of the Red Sea coastline.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Scientists have recorded 27 million metric tons of self-sustaining sargassum, a seaweed, along the coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, according to this recent Times article.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of coastline

Noun

Araghchi referred to the more limited and temporary arrangement for Hormuz being negotiated with Oman, which borders its southern shoreline.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
More than a week later, another beaver bit a 19-year-old man fishing from the park’s shoreline on Wednesday.

— Maia Nehme, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of shoreline

Noun

Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.

— Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

— Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021

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