seacoast

[ see-kohst ]

noun

1. the land immediately adjacent to the sea.

seacoast

/ ˈsiːˌkəʊst /

noun

1. land bordering on the sea; a coast

Word History and Origins

Origin of seacoast¹

First recorded in 1300–50, seacoast is from Middle English see cost. See sea, coast

Example Sentences

The Odesa port and two others on the nearby seacoast have been a particular target of Russian wrath for the last eight months, since Ukraine managed to open a coast-hugging 350-mile Black Sea grain corridor to the Bosporus strait.

From Los Angeles Times

A 10-year defense and economic deal with Turkey to protect its seacoast and bolster its naval force.

From New York Times

Eventually, the boy was taken to the seacoast and sold yet again.

From Literature

“If you look at a lot of the seacoast region as well as a lot of the suburbs around greater Manchester and Nashua, they are very much white-collar suburban towns. And those are areas where I would suspect that Nikki Haley would do really well.”

From New York Times

Mike McCormack lives in Galway, Ireland, on a seacoast facing the Atlantic with rocky, unforgiving cliffs that give way to thin, hardpan soil.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bank
• beach
• border
• coast
• riverbank
• sand
• seaboard
• seashore
• waterfront