intracoastal
- noun
- /ˌɪntrəˈkoʊstəl/
- US
- A smoky marsh fire on a slice of land sandwiched between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and Bayou Bienvenue in eastern New Orleans seems to be out, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.
- Intracoastal Waterway
- travel on the Intracoastal
- Gulf Intracoastal
Examples
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During the hurricane, significant coastal erosion, road damage, and overwash occurred between Marineland and Matanzas, and a small breach occurred in the barrier beach, forming a new connection with the Intracoastal Waterway.
Academic text (2018) -
For many of the people there, fishing in the Pamlico Sound or crabbing in the Neuse River was a way of life, and boats were moored wherever you saw the Intracoastal Waterway.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Plan for the expansion of city limits west of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Blog text (29) -
Beach and Intracoastal Waterway sites were highly desired by wealthy whites.
Academic text (1992) -
"They took a table near the railing, the dark water of the Intracoastal Waterway lapping at the mudbank not ten yards off their shoulders.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every year, hundreds of boaters travel the waterway as part of The Great Loop, a route that stretches from the Mississippi River system around to the Intracoastal Waterway of the U.S. Atlantic coast.
Blog text (24) -
Oceanfront dwellers could have been protected from the west by the Hallandale Beach Boulevard drawbridge and moat called the Intracoastal Waterway.
Blog text (19) -
For three decades she'd lived in her one-bedroom apartment with its view of the Intracoastal, in a squat, modest building that had once shared the waterfront with no one, but over which, every year, more gleaming towers crouched, throwing shadows onto the patio and stealing the sun.
Fiction book (2001) -
At the same time, wind and waves surged across Lake Borgne on the eastern city edge, sending stormwater into the natural funnel formed by the junction of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the channel known as the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal.
Academic text (2011) -
We will navigate the Intracoastal Waterway to avoid rough seas and enjoy a smoother trip.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intracoastal comes from the parts intra- meaning 'within' and coast meaning 'shore'. So it names the sheltered waterway itself that runs beside the coast and gives boats a safer route than the open sea.