seaboard

[ see-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. the line where land and sea meet.
2. a region bordering a seacoast:

   the Eastern seaboard.

adjective

1. bordering on or adjoining the sea.

seaboard

/ ˈsiːˌbɔːd /

noun

1. 1. land bordering on the sea; the seashore
   2. ( as modifier )

      seaboard towns

Other Words From

• inter·seaboard adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of seaboard¹

1350–1400 for earlier sense “porthole cover”; 1480–90 in phrases at, on, to seaboard on the seaward side; 1815–25 seaboard fordef 1; Middle English seebord. See sea, starboard

Example Sentences

Unusually large fires spanned the country with choking smoke from fires in Quebec filling the skies of Eastern Canada and filtering down and degrading air quality down the eastern seaboard of the United States.

From New York Times

Romney own doggy debacle came in 1983 when as a young father he packed up the family Chevrolet station wagon for a summer trip from Boston to the Canadian Atlantic seaboard.

From Seattle Times

"In the USA, watch out for a vigorous hurricane season in the Atlantic, affecting the eastern seaboard."

From Salon

That includes the Chesapeake 1000, the largest crane on the eastern US seaboard.

From BBC

The largest crane on the eastern US seaboard is heading to Baltimore to launch a massive clean-up effort after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

From BBC

Related Words

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