coastline
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈkoʊstlaɪn/
:
costa
- Gentlemen, do you notice the coastline down there?
- miles of coastline
- shape of the coastline
- kilometers of coastline
What's the length of a coastline of these lakes?
- What's the length of a coastline of these lakes?
- They worry that it will become LA's next expensive coastline.
- So in our universe, there are more planets than there are sand grains around all the coastlines on all the continents on Earth.
- He says that they came upon a coastline of mingled mud ooze and weedy cyclopean masonry.
Examples
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We'll be coming up on the Tunisian coastline in about an hour, which means Navarin Field is about two hours out.
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OK, Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
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How long is the coastline of the United Kingdom?
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Moments ago, sections of the New York state coastline broke away.
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We identified the coastline in the photograph.
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When the plane was over the African coastline, the engines suddenly cut off.
Fiction book (2000) -
A beautiful rustic coastline stretches off as far as the eye can see.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Washington coastline just has this rugged beauty unlike anywhere else we've ever been.
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Humpback whales will migrate past this coastline every year during winter.
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The coastline of the United Kingdom stretches for over 11,000 miles.
Synonyms
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1.0
The land beside the sea or ocean
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1.0
Land at the edge of a sea or lake
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2.7
The line where land meets water like a sea, lake or river
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1.0
Land at the edge of the sea with sand or rocks
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8.4
The land next to the sea
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1.0
Land beside the sea or ocean
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1.1
Land next to the sea or ocean
The line where land meets the sea
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Coastline is made of coast ('land beside the sea') and line ('a long line'). Coast comes from an old word meaning 'side' or 'rib', so think of the coastline as the land's edge or outline where land meets the sea, which is why coastline means the shape or line of a coast.