seacoast

Examples

• All

• I am sometimes envious of those who live along waterways or the seacoast.

  Blog text (11)

• I would make for Skogsby, a seacoast trading town north of Orrik's steading.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I had my country house, and my seacoast house too.

  Robinson Crusoe (1954)

• In years past, he had joined me on long walks along the seacoast.

  Academic text (1991)

• Both sites are located along or near the seacoast, where small river streams run during the rainy season and dry out during the summer.

  Academic text (2013)

• The cities of the seacoast flourished from it.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Every country with a seacoast can have as much water as it wants if it chooses to spend the money to do so.

  Academic text (2006)

• The Great Lakes have become the fourth seacoast for the United States, with Rochester as the focal point.

  Blue Hour: The Disappearance of Nick Brandreth (2023)

• Hence, every country with a seacoast can be self-sufficient if it is willing to incur the costs of acquiring the necessary water.

  Academic text (2006)

• In the longer term, LCS methods are expected to yield improved pollution monitoring and search-and-rescue strategies along seacoasts.

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

C

coast

vsseacoast

506 1.0

The land beside the sea or ocean

is the same in meaning but focuses on the shore itself

S

shore

vsseacoast

441 1.0

Land at the edge of a sea or lake

limits that idea specifically to sea or ocean edges

C

coastline

vsseacoast

60 1.4

The line where the land meets the sea

refers to the actual land at the water's edge rather than the line

S

shoreline

vsseacoast

48 2.7

The line where land meets water like a sea, lake or river

describes the shore area rather than the thin meeting line

S

seaboard

vsseacoast

42 4.8

The part of a country along the coast with beaches and towns

is the local shore itself rather than the wider coastal region

S

seaside

vsseacoast

39 1.1

An area near the sea where people go for holidays

focuses on the physical shoreline rather than leisure use

S

seashore

vsseacoast

14 1.0

Land at the edge of the sea with sand or rocks

is the same idea phrased more generally for that shore area

O

oceanfront

vsseacoast

• US

8 3.3

Land or property that faces the ocean

is the more general shore term not limited to properties

O

oceanside

vsseacoast

1 3.0

The area right next to the ocean where it meets the shore

is similar but applies to both seas and oceans

S

sea-coast

vsseacoast

1 1.1

Land next to the sea or ocean

is identical in sense but usually written without a hyphen

S

shorefront

vsseacoast

1 3.6

Land at the edge of a lake or the sea

is broader, covering that edge without implying frontage

C

coastland

vsseacoast

1 3.4

Land near the sea with beaches and often cliffs

is the more neutral term for that same coastal land

S

shoreland

vsseacoast

1 3.4

Land next to water like a lake or sea

restricts this to land next to the sea or ocean

C

coastside

vsseacoast

• US

3.1

Land along the sea, often with beaches

is the general shore concept rather than the regional area

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology