seaboard
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈsiːbɔːrd/
:
costa
- The Eastern Stream includes the southern states and the Eastern Seaboard.
- eastern seaboard
- Atlantic seaboard
- northeastern seaboard
If someone gets a flat tire in Queens, the whole Eastern seaboard locks up for three hours.
- If someone gets a flat tire in Queens, the whole Eastern seaboard locks up for three hours.
- But most Catholic schools, particularly on the Eastern seaboard, all had outstanding basketball teams.
- My first night in New York City as a model was the night the lights all went out on the whole Eastern Seaboard.
Examples
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During this time, English colonial settlement was expanding from the Eastern seaboard westward.
Academic text (1995) -
Most adults have lived and worked in major cities of the Eastern Seaboard and Midwest.
Academic text (1992) -
No one can guarantee that American families on the eastern seaboard will be alive tomorrow.
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The other two are on our eastern seaboard headed towards New York and Washington, D. C.
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But most Catholic schools, particularly on the Eastern seaboard, all had outstanding basketball teams.
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Bay City Jail is located in a large metropolitan area on the eastern seaboard.
Academic text (2013) -
I distribute patients to more than a dozen private research facilities all across the Eastern seaboard.
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Memorial Day, May 29, 1939, dawned bright and hot along the Eastern seaboard of the United States.
Academic text (2017) -
Belle Glade was the base for the migrant labor stream on Florida's eastern seaboard.
Academic text (1997) -
The seaboard of California attracts many tourists during the summer months.
Synonyms
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1.0
The land beside the sea or ocean
441
1.0
Land at the edge of a sea or lake
60
1.4
The line where the land meets the sea
48
2.7
The line where land meets water like a sea, lake or river
39
1.1
An area near the sea where people go for holidays
14
1.0
Land at the edge of the sea with sand or rocks
3
1.0
Land beside the sea or ocean
2
2.3
The area by the sea in a town or city where people walk and visit shops
1
3.0
The area right next to the ocean where it meets the shore
1
3.6
Land at the edge of a lake or the sea
1
3.4
Land near the sea with beaches and often cliffs
1
6.4
A place name for an area or community by the sea
A seaside region popular with tourists for its beaches
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Morphology
Etymology
Seaboard comes from the simple parts sea and board, with board meaning 'side' or 'edge', like in the familiar word seaside. So the seaboard is the part of a country that lies 'by the sea'.