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coastline

coast·line
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kohst-lahyn]
    • /ˈkoʊstˌlaɪn/
    • /ˈkəʊst.laɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kohst-lahyn]
    • /ˈkoʊstˌlaɪn/

Definitions of coastline word

  • variable noun coastline A country's coastline is the outline of its coast. 3
  • noun coastline the outline of a coast, esp when seen from the sea, or the land adjacent to it 3
  • noun coastline the contour or outline of a coast 3
  • noun coastline the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline. 1
  • noun coastline the land and water lying adjacent to a shoreline. 1
  • noun coastline The outline of a coast, especially with regard to its shape and appearance. 1
See all 8 definitions of coastline

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Origin of coastline

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; coast + line1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Coastline

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Coastline

coastline popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for coastline

noun coastline

  • shore — Jane, 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.
  • beach — A beach is an area of sand or stones beside the sea.
  • bank — A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
  • seashore — land along the sea or ocean.
  • margin — the space around the printed or written matter on a page.

adjective coastline

  • coastal — Coastal is used to refer to things that are in the sea or on the land near a coast.
All 13 Synonyms of coastline

Antonyms for coastline

noun coastline

  • interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
Just one Antonym for coastline

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Related words

  • angularity

    the condition of being angular

  • barbary coast

    coastal region of N Africa, extending from Egypt to the Atlantic, inhabited chiefly by Berbers and once (until early 19th cent.) dominated by pirates

  • breaker zone

    the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).

  • french shore

    either of two stretches of coastline inhabited mainly by Francophone Canadians: the W coast of Newfoundland and the SW coast of Nova Scotia between Yarmouth and Digby.

  • ice barrier

    the outer margin of the Antarctic ice sheet, which extends beyond the coastline.

  • infest

    to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
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